dance card
dance card · dance cards
An appointment scheduleAn appointment schedule.
UK/ˈdɑːns kɑːd/US/ˈdæns ˌkɑɹd/
Meaning
3 senses(figuratively)An appointment schedule.
My dance card is full this week. What about meeting next week?
(figuratively)A list of items.
(dated)A card on which a person (usually a woman) lists those with whom they have agreed to dance.
How could your dance card be full already, Martha? You just got here.
Tanzkarte, Ballspende, Damenspende
ба́льная кни́жкаbálʹnaja knížka, ка́рнеkárne
ба́льна кни́жкаbálʹna knýžka, ка́рнеkárne
Translations
6 languagesУкраїнська
card on which a woman listed those she had agreed to dance with:
Русский
card on which a woman listed those she had agreed to dance with:
Deutsch
card on which a woman listed those she had agreed to dance with:
Origin
From dance + card (“flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, etc.; list of schedulFrom dance + card (“flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, etc.; list of scheduled events, etc.”).
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