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cotillion
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Definition:a formal ball where young women are presented to society
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At three o'clock the cotillion began. Emma did not know how to waltz. Everyone was waltzing, Mademoiselle d'Andervilliers herself and the Marquis; only the guests staying at the castle were still there, about a dozen persons.
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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“I’ve such an idea for a cotillion! Un bijou!”
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A sign in a Pennsylvania town reads as follows: "John Smith, teacher of cowtillions and other dances—grammar taut in the neatest manner—fresh salt herrin on draft—likewise Goodfreys cordjial—rutes sassage and other garden truck—N. B. bawl on friday nite—prayer meetin chuesday—also salme singing by the quire."
Anonymous. English As She is Wrote (1883)
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