A social gathering held at a private house, attended by people from fashionable society. Cf. racket, n.2 2 rout, n.1 8. Now historical.
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释义 | society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > crowded or fashionable (9) drumc1743 A social gathering held at a private house, attended by people from fashionable society. Cf. racket, n.2 2 rout, n.1 8. Now historical. rout1745 A fashionable gathering; a large evening party or soirée of a type fashionable in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Cf. drum, n.3 1. Now historical. hurricane1746 transferred and figurative. A large and crowded assembly of fashionable people at a private house, of a kind common during part of the 18th century… squeeze1779 colloquial. A crowded assembly or social gathering. routationa1800 = rout, n.1 8. cram1810 A crammed or densely crowded condition or party; a dense crowd, crush, ‘squeeze’. colloquial. crush1832 A crowded social gathering. colloquial. Subcategories:— frequenting (1) — day of (1) |
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