dance card

noun

1
: a card listing partners for scheduled dances
2
: a calendar of engagements

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Alan Cumming's dance card is full, thank you very much. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Feb. 2025 Add to that Netflix’s marketing might, and Emilia looks as close to a sure thing as any title on Oscar’s dance card. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025 After completing a year-long hiatus from acting following his grueling turn as a multiple personality-sufferer in the series The Crowded Room, Holland’s dance card filled up quickly. Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025 While Otter surely filled his dance card for years, choosing whom to dance with proved very challenging. John Tamny, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dance card 

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of dance card was in 1895

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“Dance card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dance%20card. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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