单词 | race ball |
释义 | > as lemmasrace ball race ball n. a ball held in connection with a race meeting. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > other balls or dances carolc1300 buttock-ball1698 redoubt1698 ridotto1708 race ball1770 county ball1771 dress ball?1772 promenade1778 waltz1802 hunt ball1807 dignity ball1834 ball-royala1843 polkery1845 jigging-party1872 prom1879 Cinderella dance1883 dinner dance1887 white ball1891 cotillion1898 taxi dance1910 Stampede Dance1950 go-go1965 1770 New & Compl. Hist. Essex I. 75 The race-balls, concerts, &c. have occasionally been held in it. c1838 W. H. Murray in M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. (1973) IV. 162 I saw Charlotte at the race-ball, and fell over head and ears in love with her. 1935 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 20 May 2/7 Crowds of social notables attended the race ball they gave on their estate after the West Hills race meet. 2006 Herald Sun (Austral.) (Nexis) 19 Oct. 15 He will..swan it up at the official race ball. < as lemmas |
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