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rigadoon

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rig·a·doon  (rg-dn) or ri·gau·don (r-gô-d) also rig·o·don (rg-dn)
n.
1. A lively jumping quickstep for two couples.
2. Music for this dance, usually in rapid duple meter.

[French rigaudon, possibly from the name Rigaud.]

rigadoon [ˌrɪgəˈduːn], rigaudon (French) [rigodɔ̃]
n
1. (Performing Arts / Dancing) an old Provençal couple dance, light and graceful, in lively duple time
2. (Music, other) a piece of music for or in the rhythm of this dance
[from French, allegedly from its inventor Rigaud, a dancing master at Marseille]


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--and dance she would, not in such court-like measures as she had learned abroad, but Some high-paced jig, or hop-skip rigadoon, befitting the brisk lasses at a rustic merry-making.
 
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