gallopade
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gallopade
1825–35; < French galopade, equivalent to galop ( er ) to gallop + -ade -ade 1
Example Sentences
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Well," rejoined her sister, "I don't know why she so terribly dislikes poor Staunton; but to say the truth, our gallopade lost nothing by his absence.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various
But then his nephew believed himself to be a great dancer, notwithstanding the fact that his dancing did not bear the slightest resemblance to a waltz or a gallopade.
From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Hauff, Wilhelm
Gallopade, gal-up-ād′, n. a quick kind of dance—then, the music appropriate to it: a sidewise gallop.—v.i. to move briskly: to perform a gallopade.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
No longer solemnly and silently tread back the throng; but instead of mourning airs, we hear the march, nay, even the merry waltz and the gallopade.
From The Student-Life of Germany by Howitt, William
His gallopade was declared to be divine: he absolutely sailed in air.
From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
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