hokey-pokey
Example Sentences
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After a couple rounds of the hokey-pokey in their dance space, I knew I just had the best date ever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2021
In the United Kingdom—where its long, strange history begins—the hokey-pokey is known as the hokey-kokey.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 19, 2018
"How many other baseball owners would go onto the field in front of the fans and do the hokey-pokey with their mascots?" asks Robert Wuhl, an actor-comedian and close friend.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the answers to these and many other related questions, tune in to Lucy Crown, a bit of fictional hokey-pokey in 21 chapters by Irwin Shaw.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Now I want you to put your left foot forward, then pull it back. Put your right foot forward, pull it back. Don’t go anywhere, just do a little hokey-pokey for me.”
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
