curtsey
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The duchess came out to show Meghan how to curtsey and address the Queen.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2023
“Americans will understand this. We have Medieval Times, dinner and tournament,” she says, breaking into a giggle as she re-creates a dramatic curtsey reminiscent of an overzealous Ren Faire performer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
The Stone Table tells the same sort of sweet homely jokes in the same confiding, avuncular voice: “If you have ever seen a lady otter try to curtsey, you will understand why they bow instead.”
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2020
“It was a mixture of a curtsey and a bow,” Svabek told Reuters on Tuesday, commenting on Kneissl’s gesture.
From Reuters ● Aug. 21, 2018
And in between these dances she would curtsey and make sweeping bows and knock her head against the dandelions.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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