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Definition of Toe dance
1. Noun. A dance performed on tiptoe.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toe Dance
Literary usage of Toe dance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Russian Theatre Under the Revolution by Oliver Martin Sayler (1920)
"... if they wish to be considered anything more than excellent actors obtruding
their inferior gifts in the presence of the superior art of the toe dance. ..."
2. Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Classified and Arranged So as to by Peter Mark Roget (1916)
"... the light fantastic toe, dance oneself off one's legs. Adj. leaping &c.
r.; saltatory, frisky. Adv. on the light fantastic toe. 311. ..."
3. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Classified and Arranged So by Peter Mark Roget (1911)
"(agitation) 315; trip it on the light fantastic toe, dance oneself off one's legs.
Adj. leaping &c. v.', saltatory, frisky, Adv. on the light fantastic toe. ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1820)
"... starch, With mincing gait, half tip-toe dance, half march, Unlike to woman,
more unlike to man — A thing ne'er heard of since the world began, ..."
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