Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
quadrillé .
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Examples
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The Englishman, secretly cynical, sneered at all this; but openly courteous, made himself agreeable to all the prettiest of the country belles, who ever after had the proud boast of having quadrilled or waltzed with Lord Vincent.
Self-Raised Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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Italians -- fandangoed with the Spanish -- and quadrilled with the French.
Japhet, in Search of a Father Frederick Marryat 1820
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I waltzed one waltz and quadrilled one quadrille, but it was hard work; and as the sole occupation of these parties is dancing and card-playing -- conversation apparently not being customary -- they are to me not very attractive. "
John Lothrop Motley. a memoir — Volume 1 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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I waltzed one waltz and quadrilled one quadrille, but it was hard work; and as the sole occupation of these parties is dancing and card-playing -- conversation apparently not being customary -- they are to me not very attractive. "
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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I waltzed one waltz and quadrilled one quadrille, but it was hard work; and as the sole occupation of these parties is dancing and card-playing -- conversation apparently not being customary -- they are to me not very attractive. "
John Lothrop Motley, A Memoir — Complete Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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I waltzed one waltz and quadrilled one quadrille, but it was hard work; and as the sole occupation of these parties is dancing and card-playing -- conversation apparently not being customary -- they are to me not very attractive. "
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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