one-step
a round dance performed by couples to ragtime.
a piece of music for this dance.
to dance the one-step.
Origin of one-step
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How to use one-step in a sentence
His life as the child of a vaudeville couple was one-step above living in the circus—cheap hotels and rooming houses were home.
On each carton of Plan B one-step, a widely used emergency contraceptive, is an FDA-approved drug label (PDF).
Why Can’t the FDA Fix Outdated Birth Control Labels? | Tiffany Stanley | March 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhile a one-step was in full swing some would-be wag suddenly turned off all the lights.
Uncanny Tales | Variousone-step, fox-trot and a Lulu Fado followed in smooth succession.
A Man's Hearth | Eleanor M. IngramFor what was a two-step now compared to the one-step which Pee-wee had taken?
Pee-Wee Harris Adrift | Percy Keese Fitzhugh
To her relief, the orchestra struck up a one-step, and the girls all separated to dance.
The Girl Scouts' Good Turn | Edith LavellAnd Kitts will spring the book on Windy again, I feel it in my bones, and if he does—choose your partners for the one-step!
Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan
British Dictionary definitions for one-step
an early 20th-century ballroom dance with long quick steps, the precursor of the foxtrot
a piece of music composed for or in the rhythm of this dance
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