thé dansant
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of thé dansant
literally: dancing tea
Example Sentences
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There were dresses for a thé dansant, dainty and frosted, in a macaron palette.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 21, 2016
On his return, he passed a florist’s, and, remembering that Frances was going that afternoon to a thé dansant, did the decent thing and sent up a dozen roses, which cost him five dollars.
From The Wall Street Girl by Wolfe, George Ellis
Of course," he admitted, "we are not at a thé dansant or a cabaret.
From Bertram Cope's Year by Fuller, Henry Blake
We went back once more to a thé dansant given for her seventeen-year-old daughter.
From Chateau and Country Life in France by Waddington, Mary Alsop King
That afternoon before the thé dansant hour he called at the Goodchild residence.
From H. R. by Lefevre, Edwin
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