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Noun
house party (plural house parties)
- (now rare) The guests staying at a given house, as opposed to those visiting for the day.
1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XVII, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 288:The house-party consisted of twelve people, and there were more expected to arrive on the next day.
1945, Nancy Mitford, The Pursuit of Love, Penguin, published 2010, page 39:The difference between Aunt Sadie and Uncle Matthew was not as to whether Lord Merlin should or should not be asked to the ball […] , but whether he should be asked to bring a house party.
- A social gathering at someone's house, generally with music, drinking etc.
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