单词 | money musk |
释义 | money muskn. A kind of country dance for three couples in longways sets. Also: the tune that accompanies this dance. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > dance music > [noun] > folk or country dance > Scottish or Highland reel1591 Strathspey reel1747 strathspey?1790 money musk1792 shantrews1807 1792 E. P. Simcoe Diary 4 June (1911) vii. 86 I was very near fainting after having danced Money Musk. 1840 T. Hood Miss Killmansegg & her Precious Leg in Wks. (1862) V. 218 There was all the music of ‘Money Musk’ In its ponderous bangs and bounces. 1890 Catholic World Feb. 652 While John and I were leading Money Musk a strange gentleman came in with Beth. 1938 New Hampsh.: Guide to Granite State (Federal Writers' Project) 118 The morning star, Virginia reel, quadrille..and money musk are still danced. Contra-dances have always been more popular in New Hampshire than square dances. 1999 Boston Globe (Nexis) 28 Feb. (New Hampshire Weekly) 11 Bob McQuillen, piano, Jane Orzechowski, fiddle and Deanna Stiles, flute..took a crack at ‘Money Musk’, a difficult contra dance tune that dates back hundreds of years. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1792 |
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