"glitterball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: glitterballs [plural]
Etymology: glitter + ball Etymology templates: {{compound|en|glitter|ball}} glitter + ball Head templates: {{en-noun}} glitterball (plural glitterballs)
  1. Synonym of mirror ball Synonyms: mirror ball [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-glitterball-en-noun-aE7EJWmE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs. Glitterballs. Lassies writhing on little checkerboard handkerchiefs of dancefloor.",
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