| 单词 | rapier dance |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrapier dance rapier dance n. (usually in form rapper dance) a sword dance, esp. of a type performed in north-east England. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > sword-dance or dancing > [noun] matachin1578 sword-dance1604 sword-dancing1648 rapier dance1811 khalifa1856 sword-play1882 rapier sword dance1923 1811 R. Willan List Anc. Words in Archaeologia (1814) 17 154 Rapier Dance. 1912 Times 6 Aug. 8/3 Elsewhere the sword-dancers were busily engaged learning the long sword dances of Kirkby Malzeard and Sleight, or the Rapper Dances of Swalwell and Earsdon. 1932 Folk-lore 43 126 The Long Sword Dances of Yorkshire conform to a general type as do the Rapper dances of Northumberland and Durham. 1960 Times 16 Jan. 12/5 A Tyneside rapper dance. 1986 Early Music 14 369/1 The English long sword and rapper dances. 2005 Sheffield Star (Nexis) 22 Aug. (Electronic text) The rapper dance is most closely associated with coal miners of the North East and in its late 19th century heyday was an important part of their community life. < as lemmas |
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