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tea dance

NOUN
late-afternoon dance
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In Belfast, there will be guided tours of wartime landmarks and a "tea dance" hosted in the City Hall.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

Some favored the social gatherings that featured an open floor, where they could buy a ticket to what is known as the afternoon tea dance or the night dance.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023

“Last Tango in Halifax” ended with the leads, Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid, at a tea dance.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2022

As You Are’s Half-and-Half combines a drag show and tea dance, offering both drag kings and DJs from 3 to 8 p.m.

From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2022

The time I'm with the Utes they pulls off a shindig, "tea dance" it is, an', as what Huggins would call "a star feacher" they ups an' roasts a white dog.

From Wolfville Nights by Lewis, Alfred Henry