tamuren.
/təˈm(j)ʊəreɪ/ A Tahitian dance, the ori Tahiti.
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1964 Wanganui Photo News 4 July 5 (caption) Nurse Anna Paotonu danced the tamoure for the floor.
1970 J. H. Vance Deadly Isles iii. 25 Ah! the tamure! which was to the hula as whisky to milk.
1976 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 30 Oct. 30/2 Palm trees and girls dancing the sexy tamure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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n.1964- to come to a screeching halt
- to come to a screeching stop
- to come to a stand
- to come to a standstill
- to come to a sticky end
- to come to an anchor
- to come to an end
- to come to an explanation
- to come to an éclaircissement
- to come to anchor
- to come to attention
- to come to be a woman
- to come to bear
- to come to bow
- to come to buckle and bare thong
- to come to etc fruition
- to come to etc full fruition
- to come to fine
- to come to fruition
- to come to full fruition
- to come to good
- to have one's collar felt
- to have one's days
- to have one's ear to the ground
- to have one's ears flapping