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Definition of Cakewalk
1. Verb. Perform the cakewalk dance. "Sam and Sue cakewalk"
2. Noun. A strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake.
3. Noun. An easy accomplishment. ; "Invading Iraq won't be a cakewalk"
Definition of Cakewalk
1. Noun. A contest in which cake was offered for the best dancers. ¹
2. Noun. (music) The style of music associated with such a contest. ¹
3. Noun. (context: performing arts) The dance, or style of dance associated with such a contest. ¹
4. Noun. (idiomatic) Something that is easy or simple, or that does not present a great challenge. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cakewalk
1. to step stylishly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cakewalk
Literary usage of Cakewalk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems of the Dance by Edward Robert Dickson (1921)
"... He saw then, seven solemn negroes dancing, With faces rapt and out-thrust
bellies prancing In a solemn ceremonial cakewalk, Dancing and prancing to the ..."
2. Hints and Helps from Many School-rooms: Successful Plans and Devices by Caroline Stearns Griffin (1906)
"A cakewalk ONE rainy noon hour, when my little folks seemed to be tired of every
amusement that I have on hand for such days, I proposed that we try a ..."
3. Stage Hypnotism: A Text Book of Occult Entertainments by Leonidas (1901)
""You will hear cakewalk music soon. When you hear the ragtime you will be up and
going through the light step of the cakewalk. You are all colored people, ..."
4. Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults: A Selected Listing by Ginny Moore Kruse (1991)
"(0-394- 98765-9) Mirandy overlooks her obvious partner for her first cakewalk as
she tries to find Brother Wind. Set in the rural South of the early 20th ..."
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