cotillon
Americannoun
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cotillons
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The Duchess selected the Condesa de Cotorraso to lead the cotillon, and she took Cobo Ramirez for her partner.
From Froth by Armando Palacio Vald?s
The entertainment was to conclude with a cotillon, of which Ireton had brought the newest steps and method from France, but which, through this unexpected failure, the sett was incomplete for practising.
From The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney
The gentlemen fought for the chance of merely whirling her once round in a cotillon tour.
From In God's Way A Novel by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson
They wound up with a dance, Gevers leading a most spirited cotillon.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Mary King Waddington
"Why, Esperancita, I thought you had promised me the cotillon?" he said in great surprise.
From Froth by Armando Palacio Vald?s
I have also written about cotillons as they are conducted in New York.
From The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men by Walter Germain
He leads all the cotillons worth speaking of, and is a universal favorite.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
Most of the Jarrotts were important; some were wealthy; and one—Mrs. Endsleigh Jarrott—was a power in such matters as assemblies and cotillons.
From The Wild Olive by Basil King
If there had been cotillons, he would have led them; but as there were no cotillons, he contented himself with being an arbiter elegantiarum.
From The Gray Dawn by Stewart Edward White
Frequently in large cotillons in New York the blank or nonfavor figures are danced only once without change of partners, as in the snake or grand chain; otherwise the cotillon would be interminable.
From The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men by Walter Germain
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