Definitions
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- noun a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance
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Examples
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Lest the reader feel that I'm being one-sided in attacking a maneuver apparently designed to help enhance Obama's chances of obtaining the nomination, let me hasten to establish my credentials as an "equal opportunity" caller-out of unfair tactics.
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As they danced they sang, joining with the "caller-out," who held his vociferous post between the rooms, till the room was full of singing, dancing men and women, who spun and pirouetted as if they had not a care in the world.
Judith of the Plains Marie Manning
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The "caller-out," stationed between the two rooms, warmed to his genial task.
Judith of the Plains Marie Manning
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"Hold her tight, and run her down the middle!" shouted the voice of the caller-out.
Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Anna Fuller 1884
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As Lem stepped out into the other room, the caller-out was shouting,
Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Anna Fuller 1884
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Toward three o'clock Joe was again dancing with Quinn's Aggy, and as the caller-out chanted:
Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Anna Fuller 1884
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The caller-out for the moment was a curly-headed lad of twenty, with a shrewd, good-humored face.
Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Anna Fuller 1884
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When the favorite figure of the "Bird in the Cage" was danced, and the caller-out shouted,
Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Anna Fuller 1884
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A new caller-out had taken the floor, and was shouting, "Seventeen to twenty-four, get on the floor and dance!"
Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Anna Fuller 1884
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Charley Leroy, the crack "bronco-buster" of the region, was caller-out this time.
Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Anna Fuller 1884
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