| 单词 | sixteensome reel |
| 释义 | > as lemmassixteensome reel A group of sixteen persons. Usually attributive in sixteensome reel, a Scottish dance performed in sets of sixteen persons. Also absol. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances > Scottish reela1585 Strathspey reel1747 Strathspey minuet1756 strathspey1776 Strathspey dance1780 Petronella1828 strip the willow1924 sixteensome reel1926 Dashing White Sergeant1929 Gay Gordons1947 society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] > of specific number quadrumvirate1752 sixteensome1979 1926 Glasgow Herald 7 June 8 The dancing of Scottish reels, foursomes, eightsomes, and sometimes even a sixteensome. 1938 St. Andrews Citizen 13 Aug. 9 He is much in request to teach..eightsomes, sixteensomes, and thirty-twosomes. 1954 H. A. Thurston Scotland's Dances 51 The same process can be applied to the eightsome reel: the result is the double eightsome or sixteensome reel. 1964 J. F. Flett & T. M. Flett Trad. Dancing in Scotl. i. 18 Mr Reid taught..the Eightsome Reel, and the Sixteensome Reel. 1979 Harpers & Queen July 157/3 They led the sixteensome of Atholl Highlanders down the stairs two by two. < as lemmas |
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