coranto
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of coranto
1615–25; earlier carranta < Italian cor ( r ) anta < French courante courante
Example Sentences
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It is a good beast for carrying a burden or trampling down a foe, but a very indifferent one at a lavolta or a coranto.
From Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives by Cary, Henry Francis
In 1625 was issued the first coranto with a name, 'printed for Mercurius Britannicus'.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague
The coranto is a difficult movement to perform gracefully.
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles
"And the brantle and the coranto?" asked the duchess.
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles
Is it companionship, do you think, for me to look on while she walks a coranto or tosses shuttlecocks with De Malfort?
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
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