ceilidhn.
/ˈkeɪli/, U.S. /ˈkeɪli/, Irish English /ˈkeːli/ In Scotland and Ireland: (a) an evening visit, a friendly social call; (b) a session of traditional music, storytelling, or dancing; also attributive and figurative.
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society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun]
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visitinga1586
visit1626
home visit1750
visitment1754
to give (someone) a look up1852
call1862
ceilidh1875
klatsch1953
society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > other parties
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studio party1875
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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
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1875 Celtic Mag. 1 40 The Highland Ceilidh.
1875 Celtic Mag. 1 40 The fire in the centre of the room was almost a necessity in the good old Ceilidh days.
1904 Daily Chron. 17 Mar. 3/1 Participants..narrated their incidents at the ‘ceilidh’, round the cottage fire.
1935 L. A. G. Strong Seven Arms 76 He was a great man at a ceilidh, a good guest, and a good host.
1959 Times 10 Jan. 7/6 All over the British Isles to-day at ceilidhes, hootennanys and similar gatherings in pubs, clubs and private houses, folk music is flourishing as it has not done for over a century.
1959 Times 7 Aug. 13/6 The informal ceilidhe atmosphere.
1965 Listener 24 June 925/1 Broadcasting House, London, was a small circle of loved, fond faces, and its programmes a perpetual ceilidh of safe and familiar songs and stories.
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