(US) A formal dance event attended by fathers and their teenage daughters to promote virginity until marriage; mostly among conservative Christian groups in the United States.
(US) A formal dance event attended by fathers and their teenage daughters to promote virginity until marriage; mostly among conservative Christian groups in the United States.
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(US) A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g., near the end of the academic year.
(clothing) A formal gown to be worn by women to balls and similar social events.
(US) A relatively informal school or college dance to which female students invite male students.
(US, Canada, South Africa) A party held for a man who is about to be married, normally attended only by male friends and relatives.
(slang, vulgar, transitive) To leave (a person, usually a man) sexually frustrated by denying them an orgasm or abruptly ending sexual contact.