单词 | house party |
释义 | house partyn. 1. a. The set of guests staying in a house, esp. as distinguished from those invited for the day or less. Now rare. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1827 |
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