Sir Roger de Coverley

American  

noun

1. an English country dance performed by two rows of dancers facing each other.

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Sir Roger de Coverley British  

noun

1. an English country dance performed to a traditional tune by two rows of dancers facing each other

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Etymology

Origin of Sir Roger de Coverley

First recorded in 1680–90; earlier Roger of Coverly, apparently a fictional name

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Sir Roger de Coverley

There were English Christmases at Sandringham, where the whole family gathered to sing carols, play charades, Dumb Crambo, Animal Grab and Consequences, and dance the Sir Roger de Coverley.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a comparison which likens him to Sir Roger de Coverley, there is less truth than fiction.

From A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729) by Anthony Collins

That of Sir Roger de Coverley is among the number.

From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Jacob Zeitlin

It is full of mystic imaginations—recalling Sir Roger de Coverley, and those dear olden times of supposed Arcadian innocence.

From The Child Wife by Mayne Reid

There never was so beautiful an illustration of how far mere genuine heartiness of disposition and rectitude of purpose can impart true dignity to a character, as Sir Roger de Coverley.

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various

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