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- noun Plural form of
soiree .
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Examples
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She worries that Chinese producers now spend much of their time making what they grandly call "soirees" -- knockoffs of the Hong Kong spectacles.
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Later, I was invited to their house for what they called 'soirees'.
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Anna Pavlovna continued to give on free evenings the same kind of soirees as before -- such as she alone had the gift of arranging -- at which was to be found "the cream of really good society, the bloom of the intellectual essence of Petersburg," as she herself put it.
War and Peace Leo Tolstoy 1869
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It sounds like one of those sordid "policeman's right ball" kind of soirees -- just the sort that would be a real hoot to crash, especially with video cameras rolling.
Crooks and Liars karoli 2011
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Later, I was invited to their house for what they called 'soirees'.
Clerical Whispers 2010
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Anna Pavlovna continued to give on free evenings the same kind of soirees as before — such as she alone had the gift of arranging — at which was to be found “the cream of really good society, the bloom of the intellectual essence of
War and Peace 2003
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Add them to the hormonal soup at dinner parties and soirees.
Babe Scott: Green Dating: Why You Should Recycle Your Dates Babe Scott 2011
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Add them to the hormonal soup at dinner parties and soirees.
Babe Scott: Green Dating: Why You Should Recycle Your Dates Babe Scott 2011
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The best soirees require a tiny bit of frisson between the opposite sexes to really fire up.
Babe Scott: Green Dating: Why You Should Recycle Your Dates Babe Scott 2011
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The best soirees require a tiny bit of frisson between the opposite sexes to really fire up.
Babe Scott: Green Dating: Why You Should Recycle Your Dates Babe Scott 2011
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