a dance to country music in which dancers line up in a row without partners and follow a choreographed pattern of steps.
a dance performed by a line of people.
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She also attended a dance party at Edenwald, in which 15 or so Goucher students taught the retirees a line dance to “Cotton Eye Joe” by Rednex.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
In the community centre, a group of mainly elderly people are talking and laughing and being led in a line dance to the song Candy by Cameo.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025
The song came with its own signature line dance inspired by the Chicago stepping movement.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2023
“My song is basically like a line dance, or it can be a dance for people who don’t need a partner,” Casper told Billboard in 2001.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2023
In the engine room below, it sounded like Leo and the others were doing an Irish line dance with anvils tied to their feet.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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