St. Vitus dance
- a variation of St. Vitus's dance.
Example Sentences
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Onless something's done to check him, thar'll be a epidemic of St. Vitus dance.
From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by Dunton, W. Herbert
She certainly did get about in a very queer manner— "just like a crab with the St. Vitus dance," so she herself said.
From Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret by Emerson, Alice B.
If he turns to the right or left of his course the right or left reed, respectively, begins doing a sort of St. Vitus dance.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 by Bates, Harry
The shudders grew more pronounced till it seemed as though he were afflicted with a sort of horrible St. Vitus dance.
From The Red Hell of Jupiter by Ernst, Paul
If Boston's streets followed the cow-paths, the streets of the cities of France followed cows with the St. Vitus dance.
From Soldier Silhouettes on our Front by Stidger, William L. (William Le Roy)
