stagetten.

Brit.

/staˈɡɛt/, U.S.

/stæˈɡɛt/, Canadian English

/stæˈɡet/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stag n.¹, -ette suffix.

Etymology: < stag n.¹ + -ette suffix.

1. Originally (U.S.): a party attended only by women (now rare). Now chiefly (Canadian): a party given for a woman who is about to be married, typically attended by women only; = bachelorette party n. at bachelorette n. Additions. Cf. stag n.¹ 7e. Cf. hen party n.The sense of quot. 1904 is unclear, but is perhaps ‘a small stag party’.

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1904 Austin (Texas) Statesman 15 June 4/5 The South Austin Hose company will give a stagette at its hall Saturday night. There will be music and refreshments. The South Austin boys have invited all the fire boys and city officials.]

1913 Syracuse (Indiana) Jrnl. 30 Nov. 1/4 The Pythian Sisters gave a Stagette party on Hallowe'en that was enjoyed by about thirty members.

1922 Amer. Gas Jrnl. 22 July 82/2 Gas Girls' Stagette. The girls of the Equitable Employees Association had a party all their own.

1947 Long Beach (Calif.) Independent 3 Feb. 6 A stagette, preceded by a cocktail party, will be one of the affairs held.

1988 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 21 Mar. She was in the club with two friends after her niece's stagetteparty yesterday morning.

1995 M. Bard Show & Tell v. 77 She and Jackie got in late from a friend's stagette at Chippendale's.

2013 Kamloops (Brit. Columbia) Daily News (Nexis) 31 May (Final ed.) c1 I'm driving south next month to grab a flight to a friend's stagette in Vegas.

2. U.S. A woman who attends a social function without a male partner. Cf. stag n.¹ 7f.

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1915 Pacific Printer Oct. 233/1 While every Master Stag in the bunch went to the party at the Alexandria cafe on Thursday night, the stagettes took in the theatre.

1919 Hamiltonian (Chicago) Oct. 42/2 Saturday, Oct. 4, Special Stag Party (men only)... Tuesday, Oct. 14, Vaudeville, Ladies' Night (Stagettes).

1953 Billboard 8 Aug. 39/5 Edward L. Baron, Chicago hypnotist, entertained some 500 stagettes at the annual dinner and ladies' night at the Elks' Pavilion, Cedar Rapids.

1964 in H. P. Guth Short New Rhetoric i. §2. 55 I began to feel like the ‘lone wolf’ because I was the only Japanese and was always a ‘stagette’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	stagette
释义	stagetten. Brit. /staˈɡɛt/, U.S. /stæˈɡɛt/, Canadian English /stæˈɡet/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: stag n.¹, -ette suffix. Etymology: < stag n.¹ + -ette suffix. 1. Originally (U.S.): a party attended only by women (now rare). Now chiefly (Canadian): a party given for a woman who is about to be married, typically attended by women only; = bachelorette party n. at bachelorette n. Additions. Cf. stag n.¹ 7e. Cf. hen party n.The sense of quot. 1904 is unclear, but is perhaps ‘a small stag party’. ΚΠ 1904 Austin (Texas) Statesman 15 June 4/5 The South Austin Hose company will give a stagette at its hall Saturday night. There will be music and refreshments. The South Austin boys have invited all the fire boys and city officials.] 1913 Syracuse (Indiana) Jrnl. 30 Nov. 1/4 The Pythian Sisters gave a Stagette party on Hallowe'en that was enjoyed by about thirty members. 1922 Amer. Gas Jrnl. 22 July 82/2 Gas Girls' Stagette. The girls of the Equitable Employees Association had a party all their own. 1947 Long Beach (Calif.) Independent 3 Feb. 6 A stagette, preceded by a cocktail party, will be one of the affairs held. 1988 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 21 Mar. She was in the club with two friends after her niece's stagetteparty yesterday morning. 1995 M. Bard Show & Tell v. 77 She and Jackie got in late from a friend's stagette at Chippendale's. 2013 Kamloops (Brit. Columbia) Daily News (Nexis) 31 May (Final ed.) c1 I'm driving south next month to grab a flight to a friend's stagette in Vegas. 2. U.S. A woman who attends a social function without a male partner. Cf. stag n.¹ 7f. ΚΠ 1915 Pacific Printer Oct. 233/1 While every Master Stag in the bunch went to the party at the Alexandria cafe on Thursday night, the stagettes took in the theatre. 1919 Hamiltonian (Chicago) Oct. 42/2 Saturday, Oct. 4, Special Stag Party (men only)... Tuesday, Oct. 14, Vaudeville, Ladies' Night (Stagettes). 1953 Billboard 8 Aug. 39/5 Edward L. Baron, Chicago hypnotist, entertained some 500 stagettes at the annual dinner and ladies' night at the Elks' Pavilion, Cedar Rapids. 1964 in H. P. Guth Short New Rhetoric i. §2. 55 I began to feel like the ‘lone wolf’ because I was the only Japanese and was always a ‘stagette’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1913
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