masked ball
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of masked ball
First recorded in 1770–80
Example Sentences
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Still, it will be a four-night-long traveling tango party that includes a drag milonga, a masked ball, and a milonga with live orchestra.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2021
Missions involved everything from decrypting pictograms to infiltrating a masked ball.
From The Verge ● Sep. 13, 2021
A young man longs to reunite with a beautiful dancer that he met at a masked ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2019
But the auction is a masked ball crossed with a gladiatorial show in a secret basement.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 21, 2019
When we arrived, Father went in straightaway to see to details of the ceremony and of the masked ball that would follow.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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