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† tricotee, n. Obs.
Also 7 trick-a-tee, 8 tricotez.
[a. F. tricotets, also tricotée (Lamonnoye in Littré), f. tricoter to dance in a lively manner: origin uncertain.]
A lively kind of old dance. Hence † tricotee v. (with it), to dance this. Obs.
1659Lady Alimony i. ii. A iij b, A Monkey dancing his Trick-a-tee on a Rope. 1664Cotton Scarron. iv. (1741) 120 Poor Dido..tho' oppressed with Woe and Care, cut Capers, and Tricotee'd it barefoot. 1667R. Flecknoe Damoiselles à la Mode iv. ii. 80 The dancing Bears shall dance the Tricotees with him for a wager. a1701Sedley Grumbler ii. i, Will you have a minuet, Sir?.. What then? (here he names half a dozen dances) The trocanny, tricotez, rigadon? |