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Dancy

Dancy \Dan"cy\, a. (Her.) Same as Dancett['e].

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dancy

a. (context of music English) Suitable for dancing to.

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Dancy (citrus)

The Dancy tangerine ( zipper-skin tangerine, kid-glove orange) was one of the oldest and formerly most popular American citrus varieties, but is now rarely sold.

The Dancy originated in 1867, as a seedling grown by Colonel Dancy. It was called tangerine because its parent, the Moragne tangerine, was believed to come from Morocco.

It has an intense, medium-sweet flavour, and its juice is more strongly-flavoured than orange juice. It is known (and sometimes named) for its loose, pliable peel, which is mainly orange flavedo, with very little bitter white mesocarp (also called albedo or pith). This allows the peel to be eaten fresh and used to flavour dishes like tangerine beef. The Dancy may be a pure mandarin, unlike many commercial citrus cultivars, which are hybrids.

Usage examples of "dancy".

Poor Mr Goldsworthy, incurable cadger that he was, was bound to feel the family reverses acutely.

If you gentlemen would care for a drink while you wait or a slice of cold roast beef or some bread and cheese, Dancy will be happy to serve you.

But before he could hurt her, Dancy crept up behind the man and hit him over the head with a shovel.

And to give her credit, Madam Rose has always been fair to Dancy, too.

Seeing the curious glance Dancy turned on Clary, Luke hastened to introduce them while Jack found a place for the cart among all the others gathered at canalside with produce.

She and Dancy rounded the corner of the house together and came out onto Bohemia Avenue just as Madam Rose herself appeared on the veranda.

She waved a hand toward Dancy, who stood holding the crock along with the basket still slung on his arm.

While Madam Rose filled Jack in on the details of the incident with Hezekiah Bartram, Dancy went to the bar and poured out four big glasses of whiskey.

Jack took the whiskey Dancy handed to him, and then he turned to Clary.

Clary would have apologized, but Dancy returned to the main room, bringing Luke with him.

With a last wave to Madam Rose and Dancy, Clary drove away from Bohemia Village.

I think Luke ought to spend the night with Dancy rather than upstairs where the girls are.

Clary went back into the main room, where Calliope, Sinope, and Hermione huddled together while a grim-faced Dancy worked busily behind the bar, his hands out of sight.

As usual, Dancy would let Madam Rose do the talking, but he would be there to back her up if necessary.

Just as the protesters moved toward the veranda in a seething body bent on wreaking destruction upon the two women, Dancy, and anything else that stood in their way, a stout figure in dark clothing mounted the steps to stand beside Dancy.