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ˈfigure-dance
A dance, or exhibition of dancing, consisting of several distinct figures or divisions (see quot. 1801).
1801Strutt Sports & Past. iii. v. 175 The grand figure-dances..are..pantomimical representations of historical and poetical subjects, expressed by fantastic gestures.
fig.1816Coleridge Lay Serm. 327 The giddy figure-dance of political changes. |