bal musette

noun

A French dance hall with an accordion player.

OriginFrench bal musette →
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Meanings

nounbal musette (plural bals musettes)

plural bals musettes

  1. A French dance hall with an accordion player.

    The dancing-club was a bal musette in the Rue de la Montagne Sainte Geneviève.

    1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Folio Society, published 2008, page 45

Origin

  1. Frenchbal musette
  2. Englishbal musette

From French bal musette.

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APA

bal musette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bal%20musette

MLA

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Chicago

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