单词 | invitation-card |
释义 | > as lemmasinvitation-card C1. attributive, as invitation-card, invitation list, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > type of social event > [adjective] > by invitation only invitation-card1819 1819 Metropolis (ed. 2) I. 265 An invitation-card for a dinner party. c1855 in M. Johnson Amer. Advertising, 1800–1900 (1960) Invitation notices, and every arrangement for funerals personally attended to with correctness and dispatch. 1902 A. Bennett Grand Babylon Hotel vi. 71 The invitation-list..contained no reference to any such person. 1931 A. E. M. Foster Auction Bridge made Clear 124 An original bid of Two of a suit is by them reserved as a ‘Demand’ or ‘Invitation’ bid. That is, a demand or invitation to partner to show his quick tricks. 1931 A. E. M. Foster Auction Bridge made Clear 125 Z has..a hand of over seven tricks but under eleven—the ‘Invitation Area’... Z bid ‘Two Hearts’ as an ‘Invitation’. 1968 Radio Times 28 Nov. 27/1 Invitation concert... Recorded before an invited audience. < as lemmas |
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