| 单词 | juba-patting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjuba-patting A species of dance or breakdown practised by the black inhabitants of the southern United States, accompanied by clapping of the hands, patting of the knees and thighs, striking of the feet on the floor, and a refrain in which the word juba is frequently repeated. Also in combinations, as juba-dance, juba-patting, juba-shuffle. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > African-American dancing > [noun] calinda1763 juba18.. hoedown1841 breakdowna1864 cakewalk1902 scronch1926 Lindy Hop1931 Zydeco1949 18.. Southern Sketches 98 Here were Virginia slaves, dancing jigs and clapping Juber, over a barrel of persimmon beer. 1885 Libr. Mag. July 1 On the rude floor of the forecastle, they danced their vigorous hoe-downs, jigs and jubah-shuffles. 1888 Cent. Mag. 36 770/1 The juba-dance and the corn-shucking were equally invested with elements of the unreal and the grotesque. < as lemmas |
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