eightsome reel
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Plucked and buffed, caked in makeup, his whole face gurned and twitched, the eyebrows and teeth performing a bizarre kind of eightsome reel.
From The Guardian
A frenzied eightsome reel revealed the answer, to a delighted guffaw from Palmer.
From Golf Digest
A handwritten note from a friend says he’s glad Muir has been recognised for the way he dances an eightsome reel.
From The Guardian
“The magic of playing in an Open Championship at St Andrews has enticed Colin Montgomerie to plan a 5,500-mile mad dash from Los Angeles to London in a bid to make it an eightsome reel for the Scot in golf’s majors this year,” Martin Dempster of the Scotsman writes.
From Golf Digest
My new husband and I were dancing in the Eightsome Reel when disaster struck.
From The Guardian
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