schottische

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We danced the Highland schottische, and the quadrille, and Sir Roger de Coverley.

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  1. noun A round dance in 2/4 time.
  2. noun A piece of music for this dance.

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  • Dinah danced with Bobby again, and then Jim, and then Old Sam, who had patented a kind of schottische-rhumba combination that was the dread of every woman in the Park. —  A Grave Denied
  • Live music by Leon Olsen, specializing in Old Time Music: waltz, two-step, schottische, fox trot, and more. —  Postbulletin.com Local News
  • When the game ended, they went back to the hall to reel and schottische until early morning. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • I learned a lovely Highland schottische, too; and after I had seen others dancing the reels ought I to say foursomes or eightsomes?) —  The Heather-Moon
  • And showed herself upset by what he had said, for she did a hop-schottische He was not slow to take advantage. —  The Poor Little Rich Girl
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  1. German, from schottisch, Scottish, from Middle High German schottesch, from schotte, a Scot, from Old High German scotto, from Late Latin Scottus, Irishman.

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  1. Also schottish; from German schottisch, Scottish, from Schotte, a Scot: see Scot, Scottish.
 

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