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shey-shey, n. Jamaica.|ˈʃeɪʃeɪ|
Also shay-shay.
[Prob. f. F. chassé: cf. sashay n. and v.]
A rhythmical, shuffling dance usu. danced by women to jazz music and song.
c1920in Cassidy & Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 404/2 Song Me wi' dance de shay-shay. 1929M. W. Beckwith Black Roadways 214 The shay-shay, that erotic dance to jazz music... The shay-shay is danced with a single partner and always to song. 1933C. McKay Banana Bottom vi. 71 He was engaged in writing down their songs, jammas, shey-sheys and breakdowns. 1959A. Salkey Quality of Violence iv. 62 The three women were spinning and screaming... They untied their turbans and improvized a ‘shey-shey’ reel. 1971― in One Love 7 We have been quick to recognise the excellence and the appeal in the musical alternative of the Shey-Shey. |