It was not quadrille dancing, nor minuet dancing, nor even country-dance dancing.
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Quadrille
/kwɒdˈɹɪl/
Synonyms for "quadrille" (23 found)
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5 entriescouple dancefour handed whistgrand quadrillesquare dancesquare formation
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11 entriesgrand chaingrand quadrillelady's chainpromenadequadrille dancequadrille figuresquadrille formationquadrille musicquadrille stepssocial quadrillesquare dance
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The movements of the other women were more or less similar to Tess's, the whole bevy of them drawing together like dancers in a quadrille at the completion of a sheaf by each, every one placing her sheaf on end against those of the rest, till a shock, or 'stitch' as it was here called, of ten or a dozen was formed.
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There was ol' Mickey Coote Who played hard on his flute When the ladies lined up for a set He was tootin' with skill For each sparkling quadrille Though the dancers were fluther'd and bet
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It now first struck her that she was selected from among her sisters as worthy of being the mistress of Hunsford Parsonage, and of assisting to form a quadrille table at Rosings, in the absence of more eligible visitors.
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