balum rancum

noun

A dance, performed by a company of prostitutes naked.

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Meanings

noun
  1. idiomaticA dance, performed by a company of prostitutes naked.

    And just when did you last see decorous Sea Officers, Lewrie asked himself in wonder at such a ludicrous statement? Leaping rantipole and playing balum-rancum in church? Hymn-singing in brothels?

    2006, Dewey Lambdin, The Gun Ketch, page 124
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