mixed foursome

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noun

a foursome of two teams, each comprised of a man and a woman.

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Origin of mixed foursome

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Myerson herself appears to have bought into that stigma, offering mixed to negative views on the Miss America pageant.
Why Was Bess Myerson the First and Last Jewish Miss America?|Emily Shire|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Residents of the neighborhoods where cops are needed the most are mixed on the impact of the apparent slowdown.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Warm milk mixed with a spoonful of fireplace ashes seemed to also be popular among 19th century England.
History's Craziest Hangover Cures|Justin Jones|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Furthermore, mixed race children are the fastest growing population in the country.
Obama Is Right on Race. The Media Is Wrong.|Keli Goff|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Rosetta researchers used ROSINA data to determine how much HDO is mixed in with the normal H2O.
Are Comets the Origin of Earth’s Oceans?|Matthew R. Francis|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Broken crocks should be strewn upon the tray, and on to this is heaped peaty soil mixed with sand.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
"I'm not proud," replied Davy, provoked at being mixed up with Gobobbles in this way.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
One of the lower and mixed forms of artistic activity, in the case of the child and of the race alike, is personal adornment.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Yet the feeling is in most children weak and vacillating, and is wont to be mixed with other and less noble ones.
Children's Ways|James Sully
A mixed type of the present day Negro, she was slightly tall, and somewhat slender, with a figure straight and graceful.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux