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dance card
noun
- a card listing, in order, the names of the partners with whom a woman has agreed to dance at a formal ball or party.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dance card1
An Americanism dating back to 1890–95
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Example Sentences
Then, handing me back my iPad, he said nonchalantly in a really good mock-English accent, “Sorry, chap, my dance card is full.”
From The Daily Beast
Her dancing had called forth the admiration of everybody, and the young men crowded about, begging to see her dance-card.
From Project Gutenberg
The program or dance-card of public balls and college class dances, has undeniable advantages.
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“She had her dance card full and was splitting her waltzes,” supplied Mary, who was just back from an afternoon at Winsted.
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"Please don't," begged Belle suddenly, gripping her dance card tightly.
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New Yorkers are sensible, if only for this reason, for having banished the dance card.
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