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Virginia reel |
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Virginia reel n
1. (Performing Arts / Dancing) an American country dance 2. (Music, other) music written for or in the manner of this dance ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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A minute later she was whirled away in his arms to the dancing-floor, where, along with the other three women and their partners, a rollicking Virginia reel was soon in progress. The musicians hurried to their instruments, the dancers-some already half-muffled for departure-fell into line down each side of the room, the older spectators slipped back to their chairs, and the lively young man, after diving about here and there in the throng, drew forth a girl who had already wound a cherry-coloured "fascinator" about her head, and, leading her up to the end of the floor, whirled her down its length to the bounding tune of a Virginia reel. |
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