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Definition of Dance hall
1. Noun. Large room used mainly for dancing.
Specialized synonyms: Disco, Discotheque
Generic synonyms: Room
Definition of Dance hall
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of dancehall) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dance Hall
Literary usage of Dance hall
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Springfield Survey: Study of Social Conditions in an American City by Shelby Millard Harrison, Russell Sage Foundation Dept. of Surveys and Exhibits, Springfield Survey Committee (Springfield, Ill.) (1918)
"The term "public dance hall" as used herein shall be taken to mean any room,
place or space in which a public dance or public ball shall be held, ..."
2. Sunshine and shadow in New York by Matthew Hale Smith (1869)
"THE DANCE-HALL. This is situated on Houston Street, near Broadway. The building
is of wood, two stories high, and very low studded. ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The whisky was taken back to the dance hall, and most of It drunk by Glennan and his
... Witness and party were at the dance hall about two hours. ..."
4. The Secrets of the Great City: A Work Descriptive of the Virtues and the by James Dabney McCabe (1868)
"He manages every department himself, although he has a manager to conduct affairs
for him. His eye is on everybody and everything. THE dance hall. ..."
5. The Social Evil in Chicago: A Study of Existing Conditions with by Chicago (Ill.). Vice Commission (1911)
"Girls from the dance hall mingled with immoral women who solicit in this rear room.
The charge for admittance to the dance hall is 25 cents, with 10 cents ..."
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