tea dance

noun

1. a dance held at teatime.

tea dance

noun

1. a dance held in the afternoon at which tea is served

Word History and Origins

Origin of tea dance¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Class matters went all too slowly between the time of the tea dance announcement and the affair itself.

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In the afternoon they attended a baseball game, and then returned to the fraternity house for another tea-dance.

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No fire-arms are used at the tea-dance, and the guns and tomahawks and knives play the principal part in the war dance.

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There was a tea-dance at the fraternity house during Prom week.

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We might call it a tea dance, said Betty, as she escorted her two freshmen over to the girls gymnasium.

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