quadrille
Example Sentences
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The mazurka - derived from a Polish musical form - and contradança from the British quadrille dance.
From BBC
Many sections resemble contredanse or quadrille: ballroom arrangements of circles, lines, stars; dancers holding hands as they pass.
From New York Times
On the dance floor, guests ingest opium with lolling tongues, then variously pop their booties and walk a quadrille.
From The New Yorker
The room features holographic-type images of eight dancers in period dress performing a dance called a quadrille to the sounds of La Traviata.
From BBC
The image of the British aristocracy wading through muddy quadrilles is irresistible.
From New York Times
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