dance card

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [dans, dahns kahrd]
- /dæns, dɑns kɑrd/
- /dɑːns kɑːd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dans, dahns kahrd]
- /dæns, dɑns kɑrd/

Definitions of dance card words

noun dance card a schedule of appointments 3
noun dance card a card on which a woman, prior to a ball, notes the names of her partners for each dance 3
noun dance card a card listing, in order, the names of the partners with whom a woman has agreed to dance at a formal ball or party. 1
noun dance card (dated) A card on which a young woman listed those she had agreed to dance with. 0
noun dance card (figuratively) Appointment schedule. 0

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Origin of dance card

First appearance:

before 1890

One of the 20% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1890-95

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Parts of speech for Dance card

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Dance card

dance card popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

dance card usage trend in Literature

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