dinner dance

noun

a formal social gathering that includes a dinner followed by dancing.

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Origin:
1900–05

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Main Entry:	dinner dance
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	a formal social occasion involving dinner and dancing

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"Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance and you'll have a camel prancing about. Haul him off to a public entertainment and his face will be enough to spoil the people's entertainment."

-Desiderius Erasmus