| 单词 | house rent party |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse rent party house rent party n. U.S. (chiefly African-American) (originally) a house party, usually featuring a musical performance, to which a small admission fee is charged to raise money for house rent; hence (Jazz) any musical session in a house or apartment. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > fund-raising events > [noun] > rent party parlour social1883 house party1923 house rent party1925 rent party1925 stomp1926 boogie1929 shake1946 skiffle1946 1925 Inter-State Tattler 27 Feb. 8/2 I am a tamer of wild women and bitterly against house-rent parties. 1963 A. Baraka Blues People viii. 104 The city blues grew in the various after-hours joints, house rent parties,..and barbecue and gut parties. 1987 A. Shaw Jazz Age (1989) ii. viii. 80 House rent parties were a facet of Harlem life even before the Depression... An admission was charged, and the piano players supplied the entertainment. 2009 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 22 Sept. 56 Melodic, fun, good-time stuff people used to play on back porches and at house rent parties. < as lemmas |
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