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Quickstep

noun
1.
Military march accompanying quick time.
2.
A ballroom dance with both quick and slow steps.





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"Quickstep" Quotes from Famous Books



... was playing a quickstep on the pianoforte, uttered a sharp shriek, which was echoed from various parts of the room, and the whole company, headed by Captain Dobbs, followed Ann Harriet to the ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 - Devoted To Literature And National Policy • Various
... arms, and with the mustering battalions the music marks the quickstep, as the shepherd patriots march to meet the Austrian chivalry. A brilliant use of the violins and reeds depicts the exultation of the victors on their return, and closes one of the grandest sound-paintings ...
— Great Italian and French Composers • George T. Ferris
... hand to his head and executed a quickstep. He pulled off his cap and rubbed furiously, expecting to feel the blood come away on his fingers, for he also fancied he had ...
— Frank Merriwell's Reward • Burt L. Standish


Words linked to "Quickstep" :   trip the light fantastic toe, ballroom dancing, military march, dance, ballroom dance, martial music, trip the light fantastic, military music


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