square dance

noun
1.
a dance by a set of four couples arranged in a square or in some set form.
2.
hoedown ( def 1 ).

Origin:
1865–70

square dancer, noun
square dancing, noun
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square-dance

[skwair-dans, -dahns]
verb (used without object), square-danced, square-danc·ing.
1.
to perform or participate in a square dance.
2.
to participate in a hoedown.

Origin:
1955–60

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World English Dictionary
square dance
 
n
1.  chiefly (US), (Canadian) any of various formation dances, such as a quadrille, in which the couples form squares
 
vb
2.  (intr) to perform such a dance
 
'square-dancer
 
n

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In the evening, the entire family can laugh their way through the nightly square dance entertainment.
Each year the intersection surrounding the downtown courthouse is blocked off to allow for a county wide square dance.
As our state's population has grown, so has the square dance activity.
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