merry dancers

plural noun

1. the aurora borealis

Example Sentences

No rule could be traced in the movement of the light parcels which are called the “merry dancers.”

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At another he heard the enticing notes of a fiddle and the light heels of the merry dancers.

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The whole sky was aglow with the light of the aurora borealis--or the Merry Dancers, as we call the phenomenon in Orkney.

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These streamers, or “merry dancers” as they are sometimes termed, were at times peculiarly bright.

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In the shade, groups of merry dancers were enjoying themselves.

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