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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cotillion /kəˈtɪljən/

▶noun

1 an 18th-century French dance based on the contredanse.
■ US a quadrille.

2 US a formal ball, especially one at which debutantes are presented.

– origin C18: from Fr. cotillon, lit. ‘petticoat dance’, dimin. of cotte, from OFr. cote.

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