单词 | palais de danse |
释义 | palais de dansen. Now chiefly historical. A public dance hall.Hyphenated in attributive use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > place for dancing > [noun] > public dance hall dancing-hall1753 dancing-room1788 dancing-house1818 dance hall1845 dance-house1848 dance-hall1858 palais de danse1900 palais1928 pally1928 track1945 1900 M. Abbot Woman's Paris 192 The Palais de Danse is here [i.e. at the Paris Exposition of 1900] as well, in which every dance of the world is to be exhibited. 1911 P. Pollard Vagabond Journeys vii. 195 To-day there are places in Berlin which surpass anything ever before attempted in the history of public pleasure... One of these Palais de Danse will suffice, in description, for our purpose. 1913 Times 11 Nov. 11/2 In the Palais de Danse dancing will take place nightly from 8.30 till midnight, and Miss Clayton and Marquis will here give exhibitions of the Tango. 1919 Honey Pot 1 14 The new Palais de Danse, which is to be opened on September 1st, is situated in Brook Green Road, two minutes walk from Hammersmith. 1946 J. Agate Contemp. Theatre 1944–5 73 Yes, but have they [sc. Delibes, Offenbach, and Johann Strauss] the lush, treacly, palais-de-danse Orientalism dear to the British heart? 1975 R. Butler Where all Girls are Sweeter iv. 36 While others studied at night we headed for the nearest Palais de Danse. 2001 Independent (Nexis) 24 Aug. 3 An account written at the time by HV Morton of a visit to one of these long vanished palais de danse, where the girls were prettier than any you saw at the Ritz. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1900 |
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