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country-dance
[ kuhn-tree-dans, -dahns ]
noun
- a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.
country dance
noun
- a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets and perform a series of movements, esp facing one another in a line
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Derived Forms
- country dancing, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of country-dance1
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Example Sentences
A country-dance was called, and the epicier claimed the fair hand of the gentle Adele.
Gertrude was standing beside him—they were going to be partners in a country-dance, which was a favourite of Ted's.
Madam, there's a country dance to the trifle that I sung to-day; your hand, and we'll lead it up.
Alliances are made and broken as if in a country dance; the English called in, now by this one, now by the other.
The women met in sewing and quilting bees and apple-parings; the men came for the evening meal and remained for the country dance.
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