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cushion-dance

cushion-dance is the alternative form of cushion dance.

Meaning of cushion dance

Noun

cushion dance (plural cushion dances)

  1. (historical) A dance in which one person carries a cushion around the room, placing it before someone he or she wishes to kiss; after which kiss, the chosen person takes up the cushion and continues the dance.
    • I'm aa for the cushion dance; I wad na give a baubee for a baa withoot that.1839 September, Personal Narrative of Tristram Dumps, Esq., “The New Monthly Magazine”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 62, number 225, page 132
    Synonyms:
    kissing dance

Forms of cushion-dance

pluralcushion-dances

Questions about cushion-dance

What is cushion-dance the alternative form of?
Cushion-dance is the alternative form of cushion dance.

Words near cushion-dance in the dictionary

  1. cushion tires
  2. cushion tyre
  3. cushion tyres
  4. cushion-cosies
  5. cushion-cosy
  6. cushion-dance
  7. cushion-dances
  8. cushion-smiter
  9. cushion-smiters
  10. cushioned
  11. cushioned the blow

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