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Country-dance   Listen
noun
Country-dance  n.  See Contradance. "He had introduced the English country-dance to the knowledge of the Dutch ladies."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Country-dance" Quotes from Famous Books



... subscribers have resolved not to allow any dancing till it is determined by the Court of Session to whom the seats and chairs belong, as they were brought from another house where the assemblies were formerly held. I have heard a lawsuit compared to a country-dance, in which, after a great bustle and regular confusion, the parties stand still, all tired, just on the spot where they began; but this is the first time that the judges of the land have been called on to decide when a dance ...
— The Ayrshire Legatees • John Galt



Words linked to "Country-dance" :   promenade, trip the light fantastic, contredanse, dance, landler, square dancing, trip the light fantastic toe, folk dance, longways, sashay, longways dance, folk dancing, do-si-do, swing, country dancing, contra danse, contradance, square dance



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