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cotillions

cotillions is the plural of cotillion.

cotillions is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cotillion.

Meaning of cotillion

Noun

cotillion (plural cotillions)

  1. A bold dance performed in groups of eight where women lift their skirts to display their ankles.
    • Mrs. Hughes now joined them, and asked Miss Tilney if she was ready to go. "I hope I shall have the pleasure of seeing you again soon," said Catherine. "Shall you be at the cotillion ball tomorrow?"1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], chapter X, in Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December...
  2. The music regulating the cotillion.
    • 1848 I kept a parlor open for the reception of visitors, many came here to practise with me, and many more to listen to us—several young men put themselves under my tuition, and although I had never been taught myself, they progressed finely in their studies and I soon brought out, not only the...
  3. A kind of woollen material for women's skirts.

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Questions about cotillions

What is cotillions the plural of?
Cotillions is the plural of cotillion.

Words near cotillions in the dictionary

  1. cotillion
  2. cotillion ball
  3. cotillion balls
  4. cotillioned
  5. cotillioning
  6. cotillions
  7. cotillon
  8. cotillons
  9. cotilting
  10. coting
  11. cotinga

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