Highland fling

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Origin of Highland fling

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby Highland fling

highland, Highland cattle, Highland Clearances, Highland dress, Highlander, Highland fling, Highland Games, Highland Park, Highlands, high-level, high-level language

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How to use Highland fling in a sentence

The dancers came back and did the Highland Fling over again.
Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays|Annie Roe Carr
He began to dance a very poor imitation of the Highland Fling in the hall.
Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp|Alice B. Emerson
Quite plainly she saw her career as one long Highland fling and dance, with this Harry boy as her partner!
His Family|Ernest Poole
One boy danced the Highland fling on the tables, others were waltzing down the corridors.
Now It Can Be Told|Philip Gibbs

(He dances the Highland fling with grotesque antics) Leg it, ye devils!
Ulysses|James Joyce

British Dictionary definitions for Highland fling

Highland fling

noun

a vigorous Scottish solo dance

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