fox-trot

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We still belonged at heart to the Puritan era, in spite of our wicked fox-trot.

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  1. A pace, as of a horse, consisting of a series of short steps, usually adopted in breaking from a walk into a trot, or in slackening from a trot to a walk. She heard a horse approaching at a fox-trot. The Century, XXXVI. 897.

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  • It was either a waltz or a polka, a fox-trot in one key or another. —  battlecreekenquirer.com -
  • The stained, polished concrete floor was perfect when the Guireys and five other couples decided to learn how to fox-trot. —  azcentral.com | news
  • So, Libero and his friends went down to Dale Dance Studios and learned how to do a variety of ballroom dances, including the fox-trot, waltz, mambo and rumba.
  • The waltz, the tango, the fox-trot, the quickstep, the best in Latin dance - Rumba, the Bolera, the Samba, Cha-Cha and Jives, the best of Smooth category, the Viennese waltz, the American Tango and the best of the rhythm category - featuring the Cha-Cha will be on display,
  • He was not being forced to fox-trot on "Dancing With the Stars." —  Freep.com - RSS
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