toe dance
noun
a dance performed on the tips of the toes.
Example Sentences
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Playing Switzerland one year, he met and married a Danish toe dancer.
From Time Magazine Archive
A onetime chorus girl, four-a-day vaudeville toe dancer, radio Juliet to Leslie Howard's Romeo, Daughter Churchill, 26, is the wife of Austrian-born, U.S.-naturalized Comedian Vic Oliver.
From Time Magazine Archive
As a toe dancer in an alleged court scene, on land, Annette was a mere simperer.
From The Art of the Moving Picture by Vachel Lindsay
Maxwell shoved his chair against the wall and transacted business after the manner of a toe dancer.
From The Four Million by O. Henry
In the armor, the being must have walked like a toe dancer, on metal spikes.
From The Planet Strappers by Raymond Z. Gallun
