"tea dance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tea dances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tea dance (plural tea dances)
  1. (dated) A late afternoon or early evening dance, typically with a live orchestra (often referred to as a palm court orchestra) playing light classical music. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Dance, LGBTQ, Tea
    Sense id: en-tea_dance-en-noun-B4B-SqXP Disambiguation of Dance: 64 36 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 71 29 Disambiguation of Tea: 68 32 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Persian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 52 48
  2. (US, Canada) Any late afternoon or early evening dance. Tags: Canada, US
    Sense id: en-tea_dance-en-noun-2Lnwp~hS Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, Terms with Persian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: T-dance, T dance Translations (late afternoon or early evening dance): thé dansant (French), ته دانسان (te-dânsân) (Persian)
Disambiguation of 'late afternoon or early evening dance': 47 53

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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