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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Time in Holland is a foolish old fellow with all the antics of a youth, who "goes to church in a coranto, and lights his pipe in a cinque-pace."
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest
The coranto is a difficult movement to perform gracefully.
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)
"And the brantle and the coranto?" asked the duchess.
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles
A student of Shakspere, I had learned something of every dance alluded to in his plays, and hence partially understood several of those I now saw—the minuet, the pavin, the hey, the coranto, the lavolta.
From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George
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