fandango

• The recent 'cash for amendments', the second homes fandango, claiming for nannies, hiring relatives - all of this points to a system that is lacking in accountability. —  Cranmer
• To a loyal henchman, Moffat merely condescended to remark, glancing disdainfully at a knot of hard riders disconsolately sitting their ponies in front of the saloon door, "We 've got them fellers roped and tied, gents, and they simply won't be ace-high with the ladies of this camp after our fandango is over with. —  Bob Hampton of Placer
• A consistory assembled; the prosecution of the fandango was begun according to rule, and a sentence was about to be thundered against it. —  The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters
• Their great source of enjoyment consists in dancing; and hence the fandango is always looked for as a time when dull care will be dispelled. —  The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself
• A grand fandango is the event of a New Mexican's life. —  The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself

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