grand right and left

American  

noun

1. a figure called in square dancing in which partners face each other, forming a small circle, and then advance around the circle by extending alternating right and left hands to pull past each new person until they reach their partners again.

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grand right and left

Right hand t'yer pardner and grand right and left.

From Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West by Raine, William MacLeod

They begin, center of sward, a grand right and left.

From Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People by Mackay, Constance D'Arcy

The President wastes no time, but goes along the line like an old- fashioned beau dancing the grand right and left figure in a cotillion, and then goes to his luncheon.

From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Poore, Benjamin Perley

And say, it was a grand right and left that she'd framed up.

From Side-stepping with Shorty by Ford, Sewell

They came through the grand right and left positively breathless, and everybody was glad of a few minutes' rest before supper.

From The Story of the Big Front Door by Leonard, Mary Finley