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quadrille

[kwo-dril, kwuh-, kuh-] / kwɒˈdrɪl, kwə-, kə- /
NOUN
square dance
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He likes the sound the keys make, he has said, but turns to the Olympia only once a paragraph he has worked on in his quadrille notebooks seems finished.

From The Guardian Jan. 20, 2017

At midnight, one dances the fin de siècle quadrille, which peaked in popularity in the late 1800s.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 8, 2016

Dressed in white tie and a flowing black cloak, he directs the assembled crowd in a huge quadrille, a square dance rather like a Scottish reel.

From BBC Jan. 6, 2014

As a dance form, forró is descended from the quadrille, a medieval French style that later made its way to Portugal.

From New York Times Jul. 12, 2012

Director-General Davis was to lead a quadrille, Burnham a “Berlin,” Mayor Harrison a polka.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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