gavotte

• The beast swung into a gravid gavotte, spooling out stays and guy threads.
• Just as it struck eight, and the hum of the clock in the hall died away, a little tune in harmony, like a gavotte, was played by softly-tingling tiny bells. —  Father Payne
• Well-appointed ladies and gents would gather on Sundays after church and do wholesome little dances like the minuet or the gavotte, drinking Earl Grey and chattering into the evening. —  Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue
• The farandole bears similarities to the gavotte, jig, and tarantella. —  Finding Wonderland: The WritingYA Weblog
• He had a happy knack, by way of trying them afterwards, of making them each execute three or four steps of a gavotte, and when they rewarded his pains, a smile would flicker on his stern lips One time when he was pulling the string of a Scaramouch to a dance tune Sir," he observed, "this little travesty reminds me of a quaint story. —  Dieux ont soif. English

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