Highland fling
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Highland fling
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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The old Highland fling is back on with the return of the fantasy drama “Outlander.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2017
"I didn't know the Highland fling from a sailor's hornpipe," he said later.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the course of it all Charlie outsmarts himself; no Heavenly fling, he discovers, can equal a good old Highland fling.
From Time Magazine Archive
The playing and the balance between instruments are all but flaw less; Rostropovich's singing bass line is outstanding, and the gay third movement scherzo is joyous as a Highland fling.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then it dawned upon Drumsheugh that the doctor was attempting the Highland fling.
From Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush by Maclaren, Ian
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