prance
verb (used without object)
to spring from the hind legs; to move by springing, as a horse.
prancer
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a word derived from
prance.
Example Sentences
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Here's a player who had the body and the ability, but he was a fancy dancer and prancer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Champion Jimmy Carter, a 29-year-old plodder, knocked out George Araujo, a 22-year-old prancer, in the 13th round, for Carter's sixth victory in seven title fights.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not yet, I'll bring ye somewhat on your way, And as we go, between your boy and you I'll know where that brave prancer stands at livery.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
He landed with no more money than the price of a pistol, but he prigged a prancer at Bristol horsefair, and set out upon his last journey.
From A Book of Scoundrels by Charles Whibley
And now, that my beloved seems secure in my net, for my project upon the vixen Miss Howe, and upon her mother: in which the officious prancer Hickman is to come in for a dash.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Samuel Richardson
