单词 | white ball |
释义 | > as lemmaswhite ball white ball n. now chiefly historical a ball at which all the ladies are dressed in white. 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 1891 Leeds Mercury 13 Jan. At a white ball the men wore white satin. 1895 Pall Mall Mag. Sept. 140 A month after Mamie's arrival Lidian gave a ‘white ball’ in her honour. 2000 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 23 Sept. e18 Rosecliff..provided the setting for the legendary ‘White Ball’,' at which women wore white and powered their hair, and a fleet of a dozen fake, life-sized white ships was docked in the Atlantic outside. < as lemmas |
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