dance cards
Partner reservation slips
A dance card is a small booklet or card listing dances at a formal ball, with spaces for partners' names.
Women carried them to track who had claimed each dance.
The phrase survives in my dance card is full, meaning one's schedule is completely booked, and pencil me in on your dance card, requesting time with someone.
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- coming out partyFormal social introduction event
- ballroomVenue for formal dances
- grand ballroomLarge elegant event space
- invitationRequest to attend
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