country-dance
noun
a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.
country dancing
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a word derived from
country dance.
Example Sentences
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Sinclair Barbour, from Thornhill in Dumfries and Galloway, also received a BEM for inspiring people to participate in and learn the skills of Scottish country dancing over four decades.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2022
Tammie Frank also offered some details about what happened where they were staying during the country dancing event — the hotel where Jason David Frank died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
And he recalled that at a Balmoral ball with “vigorous” Scottish country dancing, the queen — then 93 — was “the first person up on the dance floor.”
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2022
Maybe Mahler’s symphonies — music of extremes, from sublime tenderness to bitter anguish, from childlike evocations of country dancing to harrowing trips into darkness — are proving just a tad over the top.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2019
He is named Chaitanya, and with his emotional band he roams over the country dancing.
From Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita by K???ad?sa Kavir?ja Gosv?mi
