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Country-dance

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Noun
  1. 1
    Used as a generic name for many native British dances, especially where partners face each other in a long line.
  2. 2
    a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    perform a contradance wordnet

Etymology

From French contre-dance, from French contre (“against”) + danse (“dance”). Erroneously thought to be from country + dance.

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