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bunny hug

American  

noun

  1. a ballroom dance popular in the U.S. in the early 20th century and characterized by a syncopated rhythm.

bunny hug British  

noun

  1. a ballroom dance with syncopated rhythm, popular in America in the early 20th century

  2. a piece of music in the rhythm of this dance

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Etymology

Origin of bunny hug

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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Once he enlisted the aid of Dancers Vernon & Irene Castle to help stamp out the pernicious tango, turkey trot, bunny hug, supplanting them with the more sedate polka, gavotte and schottische.

From Time Magazine Archive

This effectually extinguished the turkey trot, the bunny hug and the tango, and maintained the waltz and the polka in their old estate.

From My Four Years in Germany by Gerard, James W. (James Watson)

As one book reviewer put it, "To expect the public of to-day to read the novels of Fletcher Farrell is like asking people to give up the bunny hug and go back to the lancers."

From The Log of the Jolly Polly by Davis, Richard Harding

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