| 单词 | carpet-dance |
| 释义 | > as lemmascarpet-dance carpet-dance n. a dance on the carpet, an informal dance (the carpet being taken up for dancing on great occasions). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > informal hop1731 kick-upc1781 carpet-dance1846 shindig1871 stomp1926 jump-up1948 1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxiii. 325 An extempore ball, which might be called a carpet-dance, if there were any. 1861 T. L. Peacock Gryll Grange xxiii. 199 On these occasions, it was of course a carpet-dance. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xi. 99 A well-conducted automaton to come and play quadrilles for a carpet dance. < as lemmas |
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