cotillion

[ kuh-til-yuhn, koh- ]

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noun

a formal ball given especially for debutantes.
a lively French social dance originating in the 18th century, consisting of a variety of steps and figures and performed by couples.
any of various dances resembling the quadrille.
music arranged or played for these dances.
a formalized dance for a large number of people, in which a head couple leads the other dancers through elaborate and stately figures.

cotillion

/ kəʊ-; kəˈtɪljən /

1760–70; < French cotillon kind of dance, in Old French: petticoat, equivalent to cote coat + -illon diminutive suffix

C18: from French cotillon dance, from Old French: petticoat, from cote coat

Mitt, dear chap, one is delighted to escort Muffy to the cotillion.

"I feel as if I were a belle at a grand cotillion with all these lovely favors," exclaimed Jessie Lynch.

An invitation to a private house bears "Dancing" or "Cotillion" in one corner of the card.

The passengers were men mostly, but enough women went to form three or four cotillion sets.

His name was much in the papers as "best man" or cotillion leader or host at club dinners.

From the German cotillion, back to the Virginia reel, is indeed a bound.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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