shadow dance
noun
a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.
Origin of shadow dance
1First recorded in 1905–10
Words Nearby shadow dance
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How to use shadow dance in a sentence
She said that Mignon told her last night that Jerry had hired Veronica to come to the party and do that shadow dance.
Marjorie Dean High School Senior | Pauline LesterAt the end of their labors, Frieda and Jean started a shadow dance with a big red tablecloth which Ruth had washed none too clean.
The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold | Margaret VandercookThen came a great social event, the annual "mask and shadow dance" of a local political organization.
What eight million women want | Rheta Childe DorrIn the half darkness Polly danced a shadow dance and then flung her arms about her friend.
The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hall | Margaret VandercookCeres sat before the hearth with the child in her lap, and the fire-light making her shadow dance upon the ceiling overhead.
A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales | Nathaniel Hawthorne
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