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  • We discovered that a botafogo is a move found in many sambas -- it's essentially a traveling walk with a change of direction from left to right or right to left.

    From Inside the Box Christine Law 2010

  • And Goodman certainly was dismayed that Scherzinger and Hough's samba had "not one botafogo."

    From Inside the Box Christine Law 2010

  • Before Len Goodman scolded Nicole Scherzinger for her botafogo-lacking, over-sexed samba, he laid into Erin Andrews for, well, not being on Scherzinger's level.

    From Inside the Box Christine Law 2010

  • Before Len Goodman scolded Nicole Scherzinger for her botafogo-lacking, over-sexed samba, he laid into Erin Andrews for, well, not being on Scherzinger's level.

    From Inside the Box Christine Law 2010

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