masquerade ball Meaning of "masquerade ball"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a ball at which guests wear costumes and masks

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Usage(s):

  1. Equipped with white gloves and a white silk topper, he attended the ship's masquerade ball.
  2. In these elegant and wickedly brilliant novellas about a masquerade ball and a lesbian schoolmistress, Brigid Brophy shows subtlety of both thought and style.
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