house party en · NOUN
Meanings
- A social gathering at someone's house, generally with music, drinking, etc.
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(archaic) The guests staying at a given house, as opposed to those visiting for the day.
The house-party consisted of twelve people, and there were more expected to arrive on the next day.
1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XVII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 288:The difference between Aunt Sadie and Uncle Matthew was not as to whether Lord Merlin should or should not be asked to the ball […], but whether he should be asked to bring a house party.
1945, Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love, Penguin, published 2010, page 39:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| house parties | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (14)
cmn 轟趴 /轰趴 (social gathering) · fi kotibileet (social gathering) · pl domówka (social gathering) · es guateque (social gathering) · sv hemmafest (social gathering) · pl prywatka (social gathering) · de Hausparty (social gathering) · de Budenzauber (social gathering) · pl wieczorek (social gathering) · sv ghäda (social gathering) · nl huisfeest (social gathering) · eo domfesto (social gathering) · ko 잔칫집 (social gathering) · hu házibuli (social gathering)