soft-shoe
of, relating to, or characteristic of tap dancing done in soft-soled shoes, without taps.
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How to use soft-shoe in a sentence
And Christopher Walken warbling and doing a little soft-shoe?
‘Peter Pan Live!’ Review: No Amount of Clapping Brings It to Life | Kevin Fallon | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTsoft-shoe steps break into it here and there in unexpected ways and places, adding a pleasing variety to the menu.
The Art of Stage Dancing | Ned WayburnI pick out this one song and we try a simple soft-shoe movement to the chorus of it.
The Art of Stage Dancing | Ned Wayburn"Soft shoe workers, tango touts," muttered Kennedy under his breath.
The Social Gangster | Arthur B. ReeveBut the airy attitude somehow failed to comfort—it was a little too much like trying to shuffle a soft-shoe clog on a new grave.
Young People's Pride | Stephen Vincent Benet
It is important that this soft shoe be worn to protect the child's foot from chilling drafts while creeping about.
The Mother and Her Child | William S. Sadler
British Dictionary definitions for soft-shoe
(modifier) relating to a type of tap dancing performed wearing soft-soled shoes: the soft-shoe shuffle
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