contradance

[ kon-truh-dans, -dahns ]

/ ˈkɒn trəˌdæns, -ˌdɑns /

noun

Nearby words

contractor, contractual, contractual psychiatry, contracture, contracyclical, contradance, contradict, contradiction, contradiction in terms, contradictious, contradictive

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Examples from the Web for contradance

The contradance came to an end, and the men escorted their partners to their seats.
My Neighbor Raymond (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XI)|Charles Paul de Kock
No, but you might tell my wife to ask somebody to play a contradance.
Le Cocu (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XVIII)|Charles Paul de Kock
But dont you forget were to dance the first contradance together.
My Neighbor Raymond (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XI)|Charles Paul de Kock
She is crying now because my wife dances every contradance; she declares that her daughter will be killed.
Le Cocu (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XVIII)|Charles Paul de Kock

British Dictionary definitions for contradance

contradance

/ (ˈkɒntrəˌdɑːns) /

noun

a variant spelling of contredanse

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