The highlight of such occasions was the "cotillion," a gamesy ritual for selecting partners that took its name from a frisky old French folk dance called the cotillon, or "petticoat."
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Gamesy
Synonyms for "gamesy"
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Roedean's houses were (and still are) called House 1, House 2, House 3 and House 4, which somehow suit a gamesy school on a cliff above Brighton, whereas the houses at Queen Ethelberga's, Harrogate were Auras and Evacuations.
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