Country-dance

Country-dance
Country-dance Coun"try-dance` (-d?ns`), n. [Prob. an adaptation of contradance.] See {Contradance}. [1913 Webster]

He had introduced the English country-dance to the knowledge of the Dutch ladies. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]


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