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单词 quadroon ball
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quadroon ball
quadroon ball n. now historical (esp. in New Orleans) a ball held for quadroon women and white men.
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1805 J. F. Watson Diary in Amer. Pioneer (1843) 2 236 These colored women have their weekly balls, (called quartroon balls) at which none but white gentlemen attend.
1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes iii. 19 I saw the same old man, at a quadroon ball a few years ago.
1948 Chicago Tribune 8 Feb. (Grafic Mag.) 18/3 Most notorious of the carnival affairs, was the Quadroon ball, given by the young men of the town for their mistresses and friends.
1998 F. Flagg Welcome to World, Baby Girl! 410 Philipe Le Guarde..had met her and fallen in love with her at one of the world-famous quadroon balls held on Bourbon Street.
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