shimmy shake

noun

A jazz dance originating in the 1910s in which the shoulders, breasts, hips, and knees were rapidly shaken.

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Meanings

noun
  1. A jazz dance originating in the 1910s in which the shoulders, breasts, hips, and knees were rapidly shaken.

    Some of the so-called best people in the profession are using the shimmy shake in song, dance and pantomime.

    1930, Jefferis & Nichols, Safe Counsel or Practical Eugenics, page 209
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