"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, LGBT, Tea
    Sense id: en-tea_dance-en-noun-B4B-SqXP Disambiguation of Dance: 61 39 Disambiguation of LGBT: 60 40 Disambiguation of Tea: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 54
  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, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 46 54
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

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