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
The huge room was filling rapidly; it was the hour of the thé dansant.
From Juggernaut by Campbell, Alice
Another beautiful brand new day to play with, a day full of delightful, adventurous surprises--a débutante's luncheon, a matinée, a thé dansant, a dinner, too.
From Out of the Ashes by Mumford, Ethel Watts
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
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
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