strip the willow

noun

A particular country dance, in which a pair of dancers go down a set of dancers, alternately swinging each other and other dancers on the sides.

Meanings

nounstrip the willow (plural strip the willows)

plural strip the willows

  1. A particular country dance, in which a pair of dancers go down a set of dancers, alternately swinging each other and other dancers on the sides.
verbstrip the willow (third-person singular simple present strips the willow, present participle stripping the willow, simple past and past participle stripped the willow)

present singular third person strips the willow · participle present stripping the willow · participle past stripped the willow · past stripped the willow

  1. To perform this dance.
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