old-time dance

British  

noun

1. a formal or formation dance, such as the lancers

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Other Word Forms

• old-time dancing noun

Example Sentences

I was never tired of playing there, dressing up in the old-fashioned gowns and hats and practising old-time dance steps before the high, cracked mirror that hung at one end.

From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)

It was just the finishing touch necessary,—the old-time hold-up of the old-time dance.

From The Cross-Cut by Cooper, Courtney Ryley

And while the music squealed from the rostrum, while the swaying forms some way made the rounds according to the caller's viewpoint of an old-time dance, Anita Richmond evidently "thought about it."

From The Cross-Cut by Cooper, Courtney Ryley