1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal vi. 105 Lewdly Dancing at a Midnight-Ball.
a1762 Lady M. W. Montagu (1861) II. 455 Now softening eunuchs sing Italian airs, The dancing dame to midnight ball repairs.
1873 R. E. Egerton-Warburton (new ed.) 35 Seen seated in the banquet-hall, Or view'd afoot at midnight ball.