stag line

noun
1.
the men at a social gathering who are not accompanied by a date or dancing partner.
Origin
1915-20, Americanism
Examples from the web for stag line
  • At every dance there was a stag line, boys without dates, and it was accepted practice to let stags cut in.
Slang definitions & phrases for stag line

stag line

noun phrase

The group of unescorting males at a dance, thought of as a line beside the floor, studying the women as possible dance partners (1934+)