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strathspey
[ strath-spey, strath-spey ]
noun
- a slow Scottish dance in quadruple meter.
- the music for this dance.
strathspey
/ ˌstræθˈspeɪ /
noun
- a Scottish dance with gliding steps, slower than a reel
- a piece of music in four-four time composed for this dance
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Origin of strathspey1
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
For this purpose the Strathspey lads got an old creel to put him in and some straw to light under it.
We must turn to the annals of Strathspey to test the full havoc of the flood fiend, yet it wrought no mean ruin here.
In the north, Andrew of Moray headed a rising in Strathspey.
Pray, Betty, don't forget that Mrs. Strathspey can't breakfast without honey.
When Barbara saw how little Susan sent, she called her a miser, and she said she must have some more for Mrs. Strathspey.
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