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  • Charleston
    Charleston
    noun
    a vigorous, rhythmic ballroom dance popular in the 1920s.
  • charleston
    charleston
    noun
    a fast rhythmic dance of the 1920s, characterized by kicking and by twisting of the legs from the knee down
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Charleston

1 American  
[chahrlz-tuhn, chahrl-stuhn] / ˈtʃɑrlz tən, ˈtʃɑrl stən /

noun

  1. a vigorous, rhythmic ballroom dance popular in the 1920s.


verb (used without object)

  1. to dance the Charleston.

Charleston 2 American  
[chahrlz-tuhn, chahrl-stuhn] / ˈtʃɑrlz tən, ˈtʃɑrl stən /

noun

  1. a seaport in SE South Carolina.

  2. a city in and the capital of West Virginia, in the W part.

  3. a city in E central Illinois.


Charleston 1 British  
/ ˈtʃɑːlstən /

noun

  1. a city in central West Virginia: the state capital. Pop: 51 394 (2003 est)

  2. a port in SE South Carolina, on the Atlantic: scene of the first action in the Civil War. Pop: 101 024 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

charleston 2 British  
/ ˈtʃɑːlstən /

noun

  1. a fast rhythmic dance of the 1920s, characterized by kicking and by twisting of the legs from the knee down

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Charleston 1 Cultural  
  1. Two cities in the South: one a port city in southeastern South Carolina, the other the capital of West Virginia.


Charleston 2 Cultural  
  1. A fast-paced dance, with elaborate arm movements, that became a craze in the United States during the 1920s.


Etymology

Origin of Charleston

Named after Charleston, South Carolina

Example Sentences

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CHARLESTON, South Carolina – South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley grabbed the nation’s attention for the second time in a year with her surprising spin on the normally sleepy State of the Union response Tuesday.

From MSNBC • Jan. 14, 2016

CHARLESTON, South Carolina— The Rev. Clementa Pinckney’s widow was draped in all black, including a lacy hat that framed her head like a beautiful, sad rose.

From MSNBC • Jun. 26, 2015

CHARLESTON, South Carolina— The sermons that many of Charleston’s preachers had written for Sunday service this Father’s Day are likely in bits and pieces or at the bottom of a trash bin.

From MSNBC • Jun. 20, 2015

CHARLESTON, South Carolina—Near the center of the Savannah River Site, the federal government’s sprawling, 300-square-mile nuclear weapons complex tucked away in a corner of South Carolina, sits an unfinished concrete building.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2014

The answer was as follows:— CHARLESTON, December 27, 1860.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 by Various

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