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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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
The moment Willie was aboard the two horses whirled and charged down the winding road in a mad gallopade.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Rupert Hughes
He is looking quite as apprehensive at the thought that I shall expect him to gallopade with me, as I am at the thought that he will expect me to gallopade with him.
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
Everybody far and near is standing in attitude to gallopade.
From Nancy by Rhoda Broughton
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 Wilhelm Hauff
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