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Definition of Country-dance
1. Noun. A type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line.
Generic synonyms: Folk Dance, Folk Dancing
Specialized synonyms: Longways, Longways Dance, Square Dance, Square Dancing, Do-si-do, Promenade, Sashay, Swing, Landler
Derivative terms: Contra Danse, Contredanse
2. Verb. Perform a contradance. "Sam and Sue country-dance"
Generic synonyms: Dance, Trip The Light Fantastic, Trip The Light Fantastic Toe
Derivative terms: Contra Danse, Contredanse
Definition of Country-dance
1. Noun. A dance carried out in the countryside, or by country people; used as a generic name for many native British dances, especially where partners face each other in a long line. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Country-dance
Literary usage of Country-dance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore by Thomas Moore (1910)
"COUNTRY DANCE AND QUADRILLE ONE night the nymph call'cl COUNTRY DANCE— (Whom
folks, of late, have used so ill, Preferring a coquette from France, ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"From & country-dance called pat il'i'ti', very fashionable in 1800; which it
resembles. La poule. Derived from a country- dance produced by Julien in 1802, ..."
3. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"At this moment the country dance ended, and the dancers made a rush toward the
whiskey. Sam Hicks sought to keep possession of his rosy-cheeked little ..."
4. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Or, Beauties of the American Newspapers by George Bourne (1806)
"O! that I had fled youthful lufts I* NEW-ENGLAND COUNTRY DANCE. ... Orpheus Led
a rude lord! to a country dance, and Play'd the bnlk tune of Yankee Doodle ..."
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