Dance-time

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of dancetime (“the time for dancing”). alt-of, alternative

    "And sorrow after sorrow took the place Of all those natural joys as lightly worn As the stringed pearls, each lifted in its turn By a beating heart at dance-time."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of dancetime (“a lively tempo”). alt-of, alternative

    "As he left the head of the stairway, a dance-time piano measure and burst of laughter made him peep into a white morning room, flooded with sunshine."

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"And sorrow after sorrow took the place Of all those natural joys as lightly worn As the stringed pearls, each lifted in its turn By a beating heart at dance-time."

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