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also cotillon
as in prom
a social gathering for dancing
young men hoping to meet the women of their dreams at the cotillion
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As Marsalis learned, Johnson had more than 200 compositions published, including cotillions, quadrilles, waltzes, reels, operatic airs, military marches and quicksteps.
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Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
This is a business relationship, not a cotillion.
—cleveland, 12 July 2022
What had seemed almost polite, more a cotillion and less a battle, with the Jazz playing the role of the collective debutante, making their first appearance in fashionable society, announcing themselves as a legitimate threat among the NBA’s best teams, was put on hold.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
Longer by an eighth-of-a-mile than the Pegasus, the Derby is the crowded debut cotillion of the nation’s finest 3-year-old debutantes.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
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Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
This is a business relationship, not a cotillion.
—cleveland, 12 July 2022
What had seemed almost polite, more a cotillion and less a battle, with the Jazz playing the role of the collective debutante, making their first appearance in fashionable society, announcing themselves as a legitimate threat among the NBA’s best teams, was put on hold.
—Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2020
Longer by an eighth-of-a-mile than the Pegasus, the Derby is the crowded debut cotillion of the nation’s finest 3-year-old debutantes.
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
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“Cotillion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cotillion. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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