| 单词 | german cotillion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGerman cotillion German cotillion n. Dance (chiefly U.S., now historical) an elaborate form of quadrille. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > square, figure, or set dance > [noun] > specific dances brawla1542 branglec1550 caterbrawl1565 bransle1590 branle1674 bocanea1701 cotillion1766 quadrille1773 German cotillion1831 supper quadrille1831 Grandpère1835 galop1837 brantle1846 German1853 lancers1862 grandfather1897 1831 N.-Y. Mirror 17 Mar. 293/2 Such love, and such lovers..are now as much out of place as would be..a man-at-arms of the fourteenth century dancing the German cotillion. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. ii. 36 If I am ever caught dancing the German cotillon. 1898 T. C. De Leon Innocent Cheat vii. 108 Our amateur comedy will wind up with a German cotillion! 1972 J. T. Maher in A. Wilder Amer. Pop. Song p. xxv As different in kind..as the German cotillion, which was introduced to the enthusiastic Second Empire nobility at the Tuileries in the late 1860's, was different from the cakewalk. 2009 M. Engelhardt Dancing out of Line Introd. 18 The German cotillion was..part of the disciplinary apparatus used to fulfill the expectations of the dance participants who wanted something romping to conclude the evening events. < as lemmas |
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