Lambeth walk

American  

noun

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

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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

Example Sentences

He became interested in theater after his parents returned from a London playhouse late one night and taught their children a new dance they had seen onstage, the Lambeth Walk.

From Washington Post

So Terry and I went down to the new toilets on Lambeth Walk with the band playing behind us.

From BBC

The first-act closer, “The Lambeth Walk,” is less an ear worm than an ear snake, strangling you in its coil of endlessly repeating choruses.

From New York Times

And I loved it so much — I was singing “The Lambeth Walk” for weeks.

From New York Times

"Nobody thought it was odd after dinner if we put on a record and all sang Doing the Lambeth Walk, so music has always been part of her life."

From BBC