dance card

noun

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

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There’s also better depth in the middle: Four teams in the West grappling for the final playoff spot might all be better than the collection of mediocre teams amid a pillow fight for the last dance card in the East. Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2025 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 Elsewhere on her dance card, Moretz is starring in heist film Dutch & Razzlekhan. Peter White, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024 She is seemingly destined to an empty dance card for the rest of her life, until Mary takes matters into her own hands. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for dance card

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
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 19 Apr. 2025.

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