jitterbug
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It references to Audrey Hepburn and British supermodel Twiggy, and the frenetic editing and jitterbug choreography make it a unique entry in her videography.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2024
Those traits allowed Clark to defend every player on the court, from jitterbug point guards to beanpole centers.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2023
The Germans banned jazz, but wherever they went, U.S. soldiers, known as GIs, introduced locals to jazz and the jitterbug, popular back in the States.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
It grew out of the jitterbug and the Lindy Hop of the 1930s and ’40s, said D.C. filmmaker Beverly Lindsay-Johnson, who made the 2010 documentary “Hand Dance: A Capitol Swing.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2022
Then we’d make fun of the blue-ribbon craft projects and dance a wild jitterbug to whatever lame-o band they’d brought in.
From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth
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