First recorded in 1900–05
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Against that backdrop was the contention from some — fair to a point — that UFW was a weak union that hadn’t organized so much as a dinner dance in decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
"I was playing every pub, club and hole in the hedge, before the band, at a dinner dance, before the karaoke," Kielty explains.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2021
Trump’s club also lost a dinner dance held by the MorseLife Health System, which supports senior care centers in Florida.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2017
St. Patrick’s Day dinner, dance, proceeds support local charities, 7 p.m.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2013
Whenever Halloween fell during the week, since we were so isolated, Pine Mountain would have a dinner dance.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
Five people were in the car when it crashed on its way to a debutants' ball - a dinner-dance event for school-leavers - at about 18:45 local time Monday.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2023
Patti, 63, describes one of her most ambitious catering challenges: a 2010 dinner-dance that drew 81 guests, organized by the Rainbow Club, the community's gay and lesbian social club.
From Time ● Jun. 11, 2011
Mrs. William Randolph Hearst: "My husband's newspapers announced that before leaving London for Paris I gave the biggest dinner-dance in London since Derby week."
From Time Magazine Archive
But the Tunku skipped most of his lectures, seldom missed a tea or dinner-dance, distinguished himself mainly by picking up 28 traffic violations in his silver Riley with red fenders.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had been attending a dinner-dance at the home of a friend, and Percy Harrigan had got him on the telephone at half past eleven o'clock at night.
From King Coal : a Novel by Sinclair, Upton
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