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单词 house party
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house partyn.

Brit. /ˈhaʊs ˌpɑːti/, U.S. /ˈhaʊs ˌpɑrdi/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: house n.1, party n.
Etymology: < house n.1 + party n.
1.
a. The set of guests staying in a house, esp. as distinguished from those invited for the day or less. Now rare.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > temporary inhabitant > [noun] > in another's house
strangerc1400
visitor1576
visiter1592
house guest1609
sojourner1609
visitant1769
house party1827
cuckoo1872
society > leisure > social event > hospitality > guest > [noun] > company of
company1578
house party1827
society > leisure > social event > hospitality > guest > [noun] > staying in house > company of
house party1827
1827 R. P. Ward De Vere II. ii. 38 [He was] much entangled with his travelling pelisse... There having been a hot sun, the house-party rather wondered at its having been worn.
1879 M. E. Braddon Vixen III. 194 The younger members of the house party played Nap.
1935 R. A. Knox Barchester Pilgrimage iii. 116 But although Lady de Courcy managed to carry off with her to church a few unwary guests.., most of the houseparty stayed away, and were noisily playing lawn-tennis when the villagers returned..from their morning orisons.
1941 Ld. Alanbrooke Diary 9 Mar. in War Diaries (2001) 144 Houseparty consisted of PM, Mr Menzies (PM of Australia), Sandys and his wife, PM's youngest daughter, Professor Lindemann, Sec etc.
b. A party typically held in a large house, esp. one at which the guests stay overnight or for a few days.
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society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > other parties
play-party1796
tail1837
surprise-party1840
street party1845
costume party1850
pound party1869
all-nighter1870
neighbourhood party1870
simcha1874
ceilidh1875
studio party1875
pounding1883
house party1885
private function1888
shower1893
kitchen shower1896
kitchen evening1902
bottle party1903
pyjama party1910
block party1919
house party1923
after-party1943
slumber party1949
office party1950
freeload1952
hukilau1954
BYOB1959
pot party1959
bush party1962
BYO1965
wrap party1978
bop1982
warehouse party1988
rave1989
1885 Albany Law Jrnl. 6 June 441/1 Careless old people giving house parties.
1895 ‘M. Corelli’ Sorrows Satan xxi Invitations to our dinners and house-parties.
1908 Eleusis of Chi Omega Aug. 313 Ruth and Eva Field are returning this year to their summer home at Portland, Me., where they entertained many Phi Alphas so delightfully at a house party last summer.
1949 N. Mitford Love in Cold Climate i. iii. 30 [At] the various house parties..I had been to..I knew that I was expected..to sing for my supper by being, if possible, amusing.
2008 B. Metzger Scandalous Life True Lady xvii. 184 London had more to offer than this rubbishing house party where one had to watch one's manners and watch Claire or Miss Royale to see which fork to use.
2. Originally North American. A social gathering or party in a private home, usually with music, food, dancing, etc.; (in earlier use spec.) a house rent party.
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society > leisure > social event > fund-raising events > [noun] > rent party
parlour social1883
house party1923
house rent party1925
rent party1925
stomp1926
boogie1929
shake1946
skiffle1946
society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > other parties
play-party1796
tail1837
surprise-party1840
street party1845
costume party1850
pound party1869
all-nighter1870
neighbourhood party1870
simcha1874
ceilidh1875
studio party1875
pounding1883
house party1885
private function1888
shower1893
kitchen shower1896
kitchen evening1902
bottle party1903
pyjama party1910
block party1919
house party1923
after-party1943
slumber party1949
office party1950
freeload1952
hukilau1954
BYOB1959
pot party1959
bush party1962
BYO1965
wrap party1978
bop1982
warehouse party1988
rave1989
1923 N.Y. Amsterdam News 27 June 1/3 An argument as to whether Garvey is guilty or not broke up a merry house party at 2153 Seventh avenue, Sunday evening, and ended in a free-for-all fight.
1936 Pittsburgh Courier 13 June i.10/7 Refreshments and the customary swing of a good house party was tops.
1949 E. Paul My Old Kentucky Home xxxi. 427 Adela and I attended a house rent party one night..and..Lever took her supply of drugs..and made her promise not to use them again. She gave her word, and kept it. But I left the house party profoundly troubled.
1968 Blues Unlimited Nov. 11 He was around here in town then playing houseparties.
1984 A. Thomas Intertidal Life (1986) i. 126 Alice invited two other couples they knew. It would be a house party, like old times, everybody sleeping wherever they could.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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