hornpipe

• Jig, reel, and hornpipe were all I could come up with. —  Mr. Sammler's Planet
• I think the real trouble was that Peggy was to play the fiddle for the hornpipe, whereas Judy thought her concertina would be better Are you telling me that this was the first time the two young ladies had fallen out, sir Well, they never did get along very well together. —  The Death-Cap Dancers - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 59: 1981
• (8) She said to him: "Not for Joseph 9) the consequence was they danced the hornpipe, and the world said: (10) "Just what we expected CROSS QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS To play this game it is best to sit in a circle, and until the end of the game no one must speak above a whisper The first player whispers a question to his neighbor, such as: "Do you like roses This question now belongs to the second player, and he must remember it The second player answers: "Yes, they smell so sweetly," and this answer belongs to the first player. —  Games For All Occasions
• "You were instructing him in the more difficult and subtle movements of a hornpipe, and I must say I thought your elasticity was wonderful--wonderful It was just the result of an argument I had with him," said the captain, looking very confused, "and I ought to have known better. —  Salthaven
• I shall fling them off a Scotch jig, while, to save the pieces, you hold my loose change; and following that, I propose that you, my dear fellow, stack your gun, and throw your bearskins in a sailor's hornpipe--I holding your watch. —  The Confidence-Man

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