debutante

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To become a Mid-Texas Symphony debutante, the candidate must be a senior in high school and a Guadalupe County resident during the year of her presentation.

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  • Instead of a shapeless schoolgirl Roberta saw a post-debutante, a young woman of twenty who looked as if every inch of herself and her clothes had been subjected to a sort of intensive manicuring. —  Death of a Peer - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 10: 1940
  • To become a Mid-Texas Symphony debutante, the candidate must be a senior in high school and a Guadalupe County resident during the year of her presentation. —  The Gazette-Enterprise: News
  • Hendricks said along with planning the ball and learning proper etiquette, for part of their service as a debutante, the girls usher at the three of this season's six symphonies, help in the hospitality room and deliver Poinsettias that were bought during the Poinsettia sale fundraiser. —  The Gazette-Enterprise: News
  • Anurag Kashyap's Gulaal is being swathed in wah-wahs and the unknown leading lady Ayesha Mohan who plays what's arguably the most complex role ever for a debutante, is suddenly being asked about.
  • And her daughter, 17-year-old high school senior Hannah Gelbart-Martin, points out that being a debutante is just as much about volunteering and learning skills like how to change a tire as it is about learning to waltz. —  Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
 

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  1. French débutante, feminine present participle of débuter, to begin; see debut.
 

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