lindy hop

plural lindy hops

1. alternativeAlternative form of Lindy Hop.

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1. danceAn American form of dance, from the 1920s, accompanied by jazz music.

   The Lindy Hop picked up where the Charleston left off, with the first swing-outs, breakaways and "shine steps" added to a basic off-beat two-step. In its early days the Lindy flourished only in lower strata of society.

   1943 August 23, LIFE

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   'Most modern dances were invented here,' said Leiter. 'That's how good it is. The Lindy Hop, Truckin', the Susie Q, the Shag. All started on that floor. Every big American band you've ever heard of is proud that it once played here - Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Noble Sissle, Fletcher Henderson. It's the Mecca of jazz and jive.'

   1954, Ian Fleming, “Nigger Heaven”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 52

plural Lindy hops

1. alternativeAlternative form of Lindy Hop.