Virginia reel

Meanings

nounVirginia reel (plural Virginia reels)

An English country dance dating from the 17th century, popular in America between 1830 and 1890.
card gamesA solitaire card game using two mixed decks of playing cards, and in which the foundations are built up by suit in intervals of three.
A kind of rollercoaster characterized by spinning circular "tubs" that zigzag down a flat-bottomed track.

nounan American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines

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Broader

longwayslongways dance

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