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Lambeth walk

American  

noun

  1. a spirited ballroom dance popular, especially in England, in the late 1930s.

Lambeth walk British  

noun

  1. a line dance popular in the 1930s

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Etymology

Origin of Lambeth walk

First recorded in 1935–40

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