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poussette

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pous⋅sette

[poo-set] noun, verb, -set⋅ted, -set⋅ting.
–noun
1. a dance step in which a couple or several couples dance around the ballroom, holding hands, as in country dances.
–verb (used without object)
2. to perform a poussette, as a couple in a country dance.

Origin:
1805–15; < F, equiv. to pouss(er) to push + -ette -ette
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pous·sette   (pōō-sět')   
n.  A country-dance figure in which couples or a couple join hands and swing around the floor.

[French, pushpin, diminutive of obsolete pousse, a push, from pousser, to push, from Old French poulser, pousser, to push, from Latin pulsāre, frequentative of pellere, to push; see pel-5 in Indo-European roots.]
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