DCHP-1 Online
trousseau tea 
a tea-party at which a bride shows off her trousseau to her friends and accepts gifts for adding to it.
- 1930 We went today to another Trousseau Tea--Mrs. Burns, (No, she is not getting married; she is going to New York.)
- 1951 ". . . I don't believe there is any reference in Westermarck to such ceremonies as showers and trousseau teas which appear to be purely indigenous rites--"
- 1930 We went today to another Trousseau Tea--Mrs. Burns, (No, she is not getting married; she is going to New York.)