Meaning of ball-room | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of ballroom.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“They were in the ball-room, the violins were playing, and her mind⟳ was in a flutter that forbad its fixing on any thing serious.”

“Clear away! There was nothing they wouldn’t have⟳ cleared away, or couldn’t have⟳ cleared away, with old Fezziwig looking on. It was done in a minute. Every movable was packed off, as if it were dismissed from public life for evermore; the floor was swept and watered, the lamps were trimmed, fuel was heaped upon the fire; and the warehouse was as snug, and warm, and dry, and bright a ball-room, as you would desire to see⟳ upon a winter’s night.”

“The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade⟳ Cicely to stay⟳ away from the ball-room for a fourth dance⟳. Nobody would miss⟳ them, he explained.”

“It’s really quite a mansion—a great many large rooms: picture-gallery, ball-room, and all that; and the dinner itself was very handsomely done.”

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