What is "social season"

Usage examples of "social season".

Although they were past the official end of the annual London social season, cut short yearly when Parliament adjourned each August 12th, not everyone was fortunate enough to escape London immediately for their country homes or the rural estates of friends.

Business matters had to be wound up and some gentlemen remained trapped in London year-round, particularly those of the aspiring middle classes, who had acquired the tastes and pursuits of the wealthy without the means of fleeing London at the end of the social season.

The New Year's Eve Ball at Shepheard's Hotel was always an outstanding event in Cairo's social season, but the dying of this December day marked an ending of greater than usual import.

The Synod Assembly's social season would provide him an excellent opportunity to snag some wealthy heiress or perhaps even an alliance with one of the major royal houses.

He dutifully goes to London each year for the parliamentary session and the social season, but he is always happiest here at Savile.