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bal musette

bal musette noun: a French dance hall with an accordion player.

Noun

bal musette (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

Forms of bal musette

pluralbals musettes

Origin of bal musette

From French bal musette.

Questions about bal musette

What does bal musette mean?
Bal musette means a French dance hall with an accordion player.
What part of speech is bal musette?
Bal musette is a noun.
What is the plural of bal musette?
The plural of bal musette is bals musettes.

Words near bal musette in the dictionary

  1. Bak̓wa̱mk̓ala
  2. Bak̓ʷəmgala
  3. bal
  4. Bal Harbour
  5. Bal Marcoville
  6. bal musette
  7. bal-chatri
  8. bal-chatris
  9. Bala
  10. Bala Lake
  11. bala shark

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