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Definition of Prancers
1. prancer [n] - See also: prancer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prancers
Literary usage of Prancers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"My four long-tailed prancers, never harnessed under ten pound ten I 1852. ...
two prancers and sold 'em. 3. (old).—A dancer : also as •verb. = to dance. ..."
2. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1854)
"But for your prancers — plungers, I mean — dancing in yonder compound. ...
let me see, dance rhymes to prance, and prance is the root of prancers — ha! ha! ..."
3. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1868)
"... of her benefit the 17th prancers had held themselves disdainfully aloo from
the theatre, though her Lady Douglas had been compared to the performance of ..."
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