† leaperessn.
Obsolete. rare.
A female dancer.
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hoppesterec1000
leaperessa1382
danceressa1425
Terpsichore1710
saltatress1784
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. ix. 4 With a leperesse, or tumbler [a1425 L.V. daunseresse, L. saltatrice], be thou not besy.
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n.a1382- with one's nose in the air
- with one's nose in the butter
- with one's own goodwill
- with one's pants down
- with one's soul
- with one's tongue hanging out
- with one's tongue in one's cheek
- with one's trousers down
- with one's whole heart
- with one's whole soul
- with one's will
- with oneself
- with open arms
- with open arms occasionally arm
- with open ears
- with open face
- with open mouth
- with or at a wink
- with or by all one's might and main
- with or by cut
- with or by main and might
- with or by might and main
- with or by sting and ling
- with or having one's back at or to the wall
- with or having one's back to the wall