dance-card
Ball booking list
A dance-card is a small card or booklet that women at formal balls used to record which partner they had agreed to dance with for each number.
The term survives figuratively: if something is on your dance-card, you've committed to it; a full dance-card means you're booked up with obligations or appointments.
Dance in three-quarter time
- foxtrotSmooth partner dance
- tangoLatin ballroom with sharp stops
- quickstepFast-paced ballroom dance
- minuetFormal 18th-century dance
gavotte · cotillion · quadrille · mazurka · polka · rumba · samba · jitterbug
Festive formal occasion
- soireeFormal evening party
- ballSpherical plaything or gala
- cotillionFormal society dance event
- receptionAct of receiving guests
fete · debut · season · society · function · affair · gathering · invitation
One who seeks affection
- beauMale romantic companion
- admirerOne who esteems another
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- wooingRomantic pursuit of another
matchmaking · chaperone · introduction · gallantry · charm · engagement · betrothal · paramour
waltz
Dance in three-quarter time
minuet · gavotte · cotillion · quadrille · mazurka · polka · rumba · samba · jitterbug · swing
gala
Festive formal occasion
reception · fete · debut · season · society · function · affair · gathering · invitation · hostess
suitor
One who seeks affection
- beauMale romantic companion
- admirerOne who esteems another
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
wooing · matchmaking · chaperone · introduction · gallantry · charm · engagement · betrothal · paramour · escort
booking
Advance arrangement secured
- reservationAdvance arrangement to hold
- slotNarrow slit for insertion
- lineupOrdered list of participants
filled · requested · claimed · waiting · available · committed · popular · sought-after · demand · full
dance-cardspontaneity
Acting without forethought
seating chart · improvisation · winging it · going with the flow · no plans
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