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cancan

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can·can  (knkn)
n.
An exuberant dance that originated in France, performed by women and marked by high kicking.
[French.]
cancan [ˈkænˌkæn]
n
(Performing Arts / Dancing) a high-kicking dance performed by a female chorus, originating in the music halls of 19th-century Paris
[from French, of uncertain origin]
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Noun1.cancancancan - a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
choreography, stage dancing - a show involving artistic dancing
Translations
cancan [ˈkænkæn] N → cancán m
cancan
n → Cancan m


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Chateau des Fleurs; there I shall find Oblonsky, songs, the cancan.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
In part it was a modest CANCAN, in part a step dance, in part a skirt-dance (so far as my tail-coat permitted), and in part original.
The Time Machine by Wells, H.G. View in context
Blase and inert, I spent my evenings generally at the Chateau des Fleurs, where I would get fuddled and then dance the cancan (which, in that establishment, was a very indecent performance) with eclat.
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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