coming-out party

English

coming-out party (plural coming-out parties)

A celebratory social gathering, with music, dancing, and refreshments, at which a young debutante is formally introduced to society.
- 1876, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 2, in Rose in Bloom:
  "Now tell me, when do you mean to have your coming-out party? I ask because I've nothing ready and want plenty of time, for I suppose it will be the event of the season."
- 1914, Kathleen Norris, chapter 3, in Saturday's Child:
  "Julie left Miss Bence's School at seventeen, had a coming-out party in our city house the following winter."
- 1920, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 4, in Further Chronicles of Avonlea:
  "I'll give her a real coming-out party when she's eighteen and the very prettiest dress that's to be had."
(sometimes humorous) A party in celebration of someone who is gay coming out of the closet.

单词	coming-out party
释义	coming-out party English Noun coming-out party (plural coming-out parties) A celebratory social gathering, with music, dancing, and refreshments, at which a young debutante is formally introduced to society. 1876, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 2, in Rose in Bloom: "Now tell me, when do you mean to have your coming-out party? I ask because I've nothing ready and want plenty of time, for I suppose it will be the event of the season." 1914, Kathleen Norris, chapter 3, in Saturday's Child: "Julie left Miss Bence's School at seventeen, had a coming-out party in our city house the following winter." 1920, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 4, in Further Chronicles of Avonlea: "I'll give her a real coming-out party when she's eighteen and the very prettiest dress that's to be had." (sometimes humorous) A party in celebration of someone who is gay coming out of the closet.
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