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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But at last with shattering blare Yelled the horns, the cymbals clashed And the thunder of the drums Brought about the gallopade.
From Atta Troll by Heinrich Heine
Seizing Nerralina's hand, and followed by the Prince and Princess, who sprang from the table, he led off the five thousand couples in a grand gallopade.
From Ting-a-ling by Frank Richard Stockton
Others withdrew to a smaller room, where card-tables were set out; while the younger men selected their partners, and handed them forth for the gallopade.
From Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" by Harriet Martineau
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
Nor would it become you any better if you were to be dancing a gallopade, or clambering up trees in fits of love enthusiasm.
From A New Atmosphere by Gail Hamilton
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