penchée
/pɒ̃ˈʃeɪ/ /pɒnˈʃeɪ/(also penché) Ballet
adjective
Attributive and as postpositive. Of an arabesque: that involves or is performed leaning forward.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Tomaroff's Simplified Dictionary Dancing. From French penchée, feminine of penché, past participle of pencher to lean.
- monkey bread
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- monkey business
- monkey chain
- monkey chaser
- monkey-cup
- monkey dance
- monkey dinner-bell
- monkey-doodle
- monkey drill
- monkey-eating eagle
- monkey engine
- monkey-face
- monkey-faced
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- monkey fiddle
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- monkey gland
- monkey gland sauce
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