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- noun Plural form of
fandango .
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Examples
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They fairly reveled in gold, whisky, fights and fandangoes.
THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007
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But the toils of the long marches were relieved by frequent _fandangoes_, for the wives that followed the expedition equaled the men in numbers and courage.
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Father, mother, and child are all playing and singing; and, to the praise of their taste be it spoken, playing nothing but the fandangoes, seguidillas, and ballads of Spain; the truest, purest, and most touching of all music; well worth all the
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 Various
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Larry soberly repaired to the office and received patients and prescribed gravely for them just as if his inner self were not executing wild fandangoes of joy.
Wild Wings A Romance of Youth Margaret Rebecca Piper
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Such a pair as would look nice on the dancing floors at their fandangoes.
The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail William H. Ryus
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Land-sharks and crimps beset the young sailor in every sea port; low music halls and dingy taverns and beer shops presented their attractions; and there the 'jolly tars' used to swallow their poisonous compounds, and roar out ribald songs, and dance their clumsy fandangoes with the vilest outcasts of society.
The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe Henry Woodcock
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And the family devote themselves to the cake-walks and comic medleys, the fandangoes and tangos, the xylophone solos, the shakedowns and break-downs and the rags and tatters of their collection until they have thoroughly exhausted the delights thereof.
The Joyful Heart Robert Haven Schauffler 1921
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While his assistant blew a bamboo flute behind the scenes, the puppets danced fandangoes and played football in a very lifelike manner.
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I remember distinctly that about the first condemnation that came upon me was when I attended one of the Church fandangoes.
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Not to be outdone, the whites struck up fife and drum, and gave a wild display of Spanish fandangoes and Scotch reels.
Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward 1903
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