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cover-the-buckle

cover-the-buckle noun: a traditional dance step in which one foot is brought across to cover or nearly cover the buckle of the other shoe.

Noun

cover-the-buckle (plural cover-the-buckles)

  1. A traditional dance step in which one foot is brought across to cover or nearly cover the buckle of the other shoe.
    • [T]he young bachelors that wanted to show aff their dancin' an' their new pumps, an' their bright red or green an' yellow garthers, swore that it confused thim so that they cud nivir go rightly through the heel-and-toe, or cover-the-buckle, or any uv their best steps, but felt thimsilves always...1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 524

Forms of cover-the-buckle

pluralcover-the-buckles

Questions about cover-the-buckle

What does cover-the-buckle mean?
Cover-the-buckle means a traditional dance step in which one foot is brought across to cover or nearly cover the buckle of the other shoe.
What part of speech is cover-the-buckle?
Cover-the-buckle is a noun.
What is the plural of cover-the-buckle?
The plural of cover-the-buckle is cover-the-buckles.

Words near cover-the-buckle in the dictionary

  1. cover-girls
  2. cover-shame
  3. cover-shames
  4. cover-slut
  5. cover-sluts
  6. cover-the-buckle
  7. cover-the-buckles
  8. cover-up
  9. cover-ups
  10. coverability
  11. coverable

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