dance card

noun

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

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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 Albums, concerts and conventions currently fill Nashville's music industry dance card. Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 Still, the mid- and post-credit scenes suggest Venom’s dance card may not be full just yet. Richard Newby, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dance card 

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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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 18 Jan. 2025.

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