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n. An exuberant dance that originated in France, performed by women and marked by high kicking.

n. A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France.

n. A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side.

v. To dance the cancan.

n. A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or extravagant postures and gestures.

n. A kind of dance performed in low resorts by men and women, who indulge in extravagant postures and lascivious gestures; hence, a quadrille or a similar dance performed in this manner.

To perform the dance known as the cancan (which see).

n. a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line

"After dinner du Maurier and Barty sang capital songs of the quartier latin, and told stories of the atelier, and even danced a kind of cancan together -- an invention of their own -- which they called "_le dernier des Abencerrages_.""

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