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contra dances

contra dances is the plural of contra dance.

contra dances is the third-person singular simple present indicative of contra dance.

Meaning of contra dance

Noun

contra dance (plural contra dances)

  1. A type of folk dance style in which couples dance in two facing lines of indefinite length.
    • [T]he Duchess, and the dandies, and the member's wife and all the rest of their tribulations, were happily hidden from the view by the towering bouquets of the gold plateau vases at the head of the room. [...] A contra-dance after supper was felt to be a national duty; but behind those fatal vases...1836, [Catherine Gore], chapter VIII, in Mrs. Armytage; or, Female Domination. […] In Three Volumes, volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 134

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Questions about contra dances

What is contra dances the plural of?
Contra dances is the plural of contra dance.

Words near contra dances in the dictionary

  1. Contra Costa
  2. Contra Costa Centre
  3. Contra Costa County
  4. contra dance
  5. contra danced
  6. contra dances
  7. contra dancing
  8. contra proferentem
  9. contra proferentum
  10. contra-
  11. contra-octave

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