reel of three
noun
(in Scottish country dancing) a figure-of-eight movement danced by three people
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Nearby words
- reefing jacket,
- reek,
- reeky,
- reel,
- reel man,
- reel off,
- reel-fed,
- reel-to-reel,
- reel-to-reel tape,
- reelect
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