black bottom

noun

1. an American dance, popular in the late 1920s, marked by emphatic, sinuous movements of the hips.

black bottom

noun

1. a dance of the late 1920s that originated in America, involving a sinuous rotation of the hips

Word History and Origins

Origin of black bottom¹

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15

Example Sentences

But that was the environment he came out of—Black Bottom, even the unions.

From The Daily Beast

It's a single scrim of fabric that cuts the room in two, and whose black bottom edge gets extended along all four walls.

From The Daily Beast

All these raised in the open air on the rich, black bottom and bench land of the Yukon.

From Project Gutenberg

Through the gate, a turn to the left and we reach the black bottom of the gorge untouched by the rising moon.

From Project Gutenberg

I prefer black bottom land with a clay subsoil, and a northern slope.

From Project Gutenberg

The steer had grown small in the distance by the time she came to a place where the black bottom looked safe.

From Project Gutenberg

Daoud felt as if his heart had dropped into the cold, black bottom of a well.

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