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grand chain

British

noun

a figure in formation dances, such as the lancers and Scottish reels, in which couples split up and move around in a circle in opposite directions, passing all other dancers until reaching their original partners

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grand chain

They were links in a grand chain of commercial connection.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 by Various

We see whole nations swept away from the surface of the globe, and others springing up to form the connecting link in the grand chain of nature.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

Again Polyansky led the grand chain through all the rooms, again after dancing they played "fate."

From The Party by Garnett, Constance

And in the grand chain he lifted me off my feet.

From Mrs. Day's Daughters by Mann, Mary E.

They had already got to the grand chain.

From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas

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