| 单词 | dignity ball |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdignity ball dignity ball n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > other balls or dances carolc1300 buttock-ball1698 redoubt1698 ridotto1708 race ball1770 county ball1771 dress ball?1772 promenade1778 waltz1802 hunt ball1807 dignity ball1834 ball-royala1843 polkery1845 jigging-party1872 prom1879 Cinderella dance1883 dinner dance1887 white ball1891 cotillion1898 taxi dance1910 Stampede Dance1950 go-go1965 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xii. 193 A dignity ball is a ball given by the most consequential of their coloured people [in Barbadoes]. 1875 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 5 Aug. 5/4 It appears that Dignity Balls are becoming too fashionable. The upper ten, ladies included, have taken to going to them. 1992 M. Kurlansky Continent of Islands ii. 52 They held a three‐day mulatto ‘dignity ball’ across from the tavern where Soulouque and Olive were staying. < as lemmas |
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