dance card
Ball booking slip
A dance card was a small booklet or card carried at formal balls, where women listed the names of men who had reserved dances with them.
The phrase survives figuratively to mean one's schedule of commitments or romantic prospects: My dance card is full this weekend, He's not on my dance card.
Venue for formal dances
- waltzDance in three-quarter time
- cotillionFormal society dance event
- debutanteFormally introduced young woman
- genteelAffectedly polite or refined
etiquette · finery · elegance · bygone · old-fashioned · formal · grand ball · society
One who seeks affection
- beauMale romantic companion
- admirerOne who esteems another
- debutanteFormally introduced young woman
- chaperoneProtective adult companion
matchmaker · flirtation · wooing · gallantry · coquette · betrothal · matchmaking · engagement
Narrow elongated openings
- engagementsBinding commitments or meetings
- bookingsScheduled future commitments
- reservationsDoubts or advance bookings
- lineupOrdered list of participants
sequence · filled · claimed · available · full · empty · prior commitment · intermission
Item preserved for sentiment
- souvenirToken from a trip
- tokenRepresentative placeholder
- relicPreserved ancient object
- memorabiliaCollected items of significance
ephemera · heirloom · vintage · collectible · antique · reminiscence · nostalgic · preserved
Formal discussion list
- prioritiesMost important things
- schedulePlan of timed events
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- commitmentsPromises requiring follow-through
prospects · availability · romantic interest · dating · candidates · suitors · busy · juggling
ballroom
Venue for formal dances
- waltzDance in three-quarter time
- cotillionFormal society dance event
- debutanteFormally introduced young woman
genteel · etiquette · finery · elegance · bygone · old-fashioned · formal · grand ball · society · gilded age
suitor
One who seeks affection
chaperone · matchmaker · flirtation · wooing · gallantry · coquette · betrothal · matchmaking · engagement · dalliance
slots
Narrow elongated openings
- engagementsBinding commitments or meetings
- bookingsScheduled future commitments
- reservationsDoubts or advance bookings
lineup · sequence · filled · claimed · available · full · empty · prior commitment · intermission · sets
keepsake
Item preserved for sentiment
memorabilia · ephemera · heirloom · vintage · collectible · antique · reminiscence · nostalgic · preserved · faded
agenda
Formal discussion list
- prioritiesMost important things
- schedulePlan of timed events
- optionsAvailable courses of action
commitments · prospects · availability · romantic interest · dating · candidates · suitors · busy · juggling · metaphor
- old-fashionedantique, antiques, gramophone, phonograph, horse and buggy
- formal ballball, ballroom, waltz, gown, ball gown
- ballroom etiquettedress code, lead and follow, right of way, hand placement, proper posture
- danceballet, breaking, folk dances, b-boying, ballroom
- ballroom dancingwaltz, foxtrot, polka, quickstep, tango
- gala accessoriesclutch purse, evening bag, tiara, bow tie, shawl
dance cardfree time
Unscheduled personal hours
vacancy · availability · idle time · unbooked · social isolation
dance cardwallflower
Shy person avoiding socializing
unpopularity · left out · unchosen · overlooked · unpopular
dance cardstanding alone
Unaccompanied and apart
idle hours · social isolation · uninvited · sitting out · benched
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