rent party
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rent party
An Americanism dating back to 1925–30
Example Sentences
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We’re transported to a sweaty, crowded and joyous summer rent party in 1962 when shy, awkward Oz and talented but stage-frightened Deborah first met and made tentative steps toward love.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
The company also said it was launching an option this summer to rent party and coach buses, and passenger vans through its U.S. app in collaboration with rental service US Coachways.
From Reuters ● May 16, 2022
Langston Hughes even kept a collection of rent party advertisements from the Harlem Renaissance period.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2020
The idea is as old as passing a hat, "an Internet version of a rent party," quipped Barbara Koenen, director of the Chicago Artists Resource.
From Chicago Tribune ● Mar. 9, 2011
With the food going, the music blowing, 145th Street was like a huge rent party without the door charge.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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