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dancing
danc·ing
Cockney, Estuary English, Jamaica, UK/ˈdɑːns.ɪŋ/US/ˈdæns.ɪŋ/[dɛə̯ns.ɪŋ][deə̯ns.ɪŋ]
noun
What it means
- countableuncountableThe activity of taking part in a dance.
- countablehistoricaluncountableA dance club in France.
New dancings pervaded the length and breadth of Montmartre in order to suit the taste of foreign patrons.
2001, William Alfred Shack, Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story Between the Great Wars, →ISBN, page 561 more example
Different dancings also attracted different crowds. Indeed, the diversity of dancers throughout the city makes drawing a detailed portrait of them difficult.
2003, Jeffrey H. Jackson, Making Jazz French: Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris, →ISBN, page 44
In a sentence
New dancings pervaded the length and breadth of Montmartre in order to suit the taste of foreign patrons.
2001, William Alfred Shack, Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story Between the Great Wars, →ISBN, page 56
Where it comes from
- Frenchdancing
- Englishdancing
From dance + -ing. The sense "dance club" is from French dancing, a pseudo-anglicism derived from English dance + -ing.
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