veletan.
/vᵻˈliːtə/, U.S. /vəˈlidə/ A ballroom round dance for couples in triple time, originating in England in 1900.
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quickstep1793
turkey-trot1839
racket1880
Military Schottische1882
veleta1900
military two-step1911
one-step1911
spot dance1911
Paul Jones1914
foxtrot1915
foxtrotting1916
Maxina1917
Boston two-step1918
slow foxtrot1918
twinkle1920
camel-walk1921
Charleston1923
slop1962
1900 A. Morris (title of sheet-music) Veleta.
1905 F. H. Norman Compl. Dance Instructor 29 (heading) The Veleta. As danced in America.
1911 D. H. Lawrence White Peacock i. viii. 148 She made me take her through a valeta, a minuet, a mazurka, and she danced elegantly.
1920 Glasgow Herald 28 Dec. 5/2 They are reviewing the dances which our parents tripped—the petronellas, the valetas[sic], the quadrilles.
1936 ‘R. Hyde’ Passport to Hell 84 The pre-war dances—..the Maxina, the Valeta.
1966 Crescendo Dec. 27/1 A musical chore to be dealt with grudgingly like the Veleta or the Gay Gordons.
1974 D. Smith Look back with Love xii. 113 Most of the evening was taken up with waltzes, barn dances and veletas.
1978 S. Sherlock in D. Abse My Medical School 105 We danced the Veleta, the Gay Gordons, the Dashing White Sergeant.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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