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High-kicking French dance
Answer for the clue "High-kicking French dance ", 6 letters:
cancan
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Word definitions for cancan in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cancan \Can"can\, n. [F.] A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or extravagant postures and gestures.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A high-kicking chorus line dance originating in France. 2 (context motocross English) A trick where one leg is brought over the seat, so that both legs are on one side. vb. To dance the cancan.
Usage examples of cancan.
The doorway of one of these wine-shops opened exactly between the two barricades of the Petit Cancan.
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Their frenzied, shouting, screeching fling-about of high kicks, backbends, struttings, sudden splits—danced to Maître Offenbach's rowdy cancan from Orphée aux Enfers—could hardly have been more rousingly erotic if they had danced stark naked.