Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A hall, usually in connection with, or as an annex to, a saloon, where dancing is carried on.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of dancehall.

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Examples

  • As a result he refused most invitations to houses where women might be met, and frequented bachelor boards and the Moosehorn Saloon, which had no dance-hall attached.

    Chapter XII 2010

  • It was quite the custom, after dinner, for many of the better classes of society, especially when entertaining curious Easterners, to spend an hour or several in motoring from dance-hall to dance-hall and cheap cabaret to cheap cabaret.

    CHAPTER XVIII 2010

  • In 1876 she settled in Deadwood, S.D., site of new gold strikes; her pursuits there included hauling goods and machinery to the outlying camps and working as a cook and a dance-hall girl.

    Five People Born on May Day | myFiveBest 2010

  • Lights were flashing from open doors, and tent, cabin, and dance-hall let slip their denizens upon the chase.

    WHICH MAKE MEN REMEMBER 2010

  • Shatter a glass prop onstage, and the impact might not be audible throughout the theater, especially because dance-hall music, chosen by Nielson and director Derek Goldman, will also resound during the scene.

    'The Glass Menagerie': Sound designer Matthew M. Nielson conjures up auditory effects 2011

  • But when he speaks of this, Gustavo talks about how he learned of all these "revolutionary" moves by watching old-style tangueros in the milongas (dance-hall parties) and boliches (little neighborhood clubs) of Buenos Aires.

    Terence Clarke: Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne: The New Tango Terence Clarke 2011

  • But American audiences familiar only with the dance-hall delivery, slide guitar and general political dissatisfaction of single One Way Road may find Butler's percussive eclecticism invigorating.

    Listen Up: Imelda Marcos, the musical? For Byrne, it's 'Love' 2010

  • Radio City owner Reg Calvert was a streetwise dance-hall impresario who used the airwaves to promote his stable of aspiring rock and pop stars, including Screaming Lord Sutch, who became Radio City's star DJ.

    Radio Renegades Randall Bloomquist 2010

  • But when he speaks of this, Gustavo talks about how he learned of all these "revolutionary" moves by watching old-style tangueros in the milongas (dance-hall parties) and boliches (little neighborhood clubs) of Buenos Aires.

    Terence Clarke: Gustavo Naveira and Giselle Anne: The New Tango Terence Clarke 2011

  • A little after 9pm, with a full dance floor grooving to the tunes, I ease into a 12 minute mix of some forgettable Top 40 dance-hall classic and head to the men's room to fix myself.

    The Day The Music Died sean m. poole 2011

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