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kazachoc|kæzəˈtʃɒk|
Also kozatchok and other forms repr. the acc. or pl. of the Russ. word.
[Russ., dim. of kazák Cossack.]
A Slavic, mainly Ukrainian, dance with a fast and usu. quickening tempo. Sometimes used erron. for a step of this dance, properly called the prisiadka, in which the male dancer squats on his heels and kicks out each leg alternately to the front.
1928C. Garnett tr. Gogol's Mirgorod 65 No-one could have watched without inner emotion how all danced that most free, most furious dance the world has ever seen, called from its mighty originators the Kozatchok. 1960B. Keaton Wonderful World of Slapstick (1967) ii. 45 He couldn't walk straight because of the dense smoke, he couldn't bend down or even do a Russian Kazatsky. 1962Listener 11 Jan. 71/1 He played Polish and Russian dances like the mazurka, the polka, and the Kozochka. 1966K. Giles Provenance of Death iii. 78 She switched on the player and danced the Kazachka, mainly to spite Harry who invariably fell over when he tried. |