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Gay Gordons

Gay Gordons noun: a Scottish folk dance popular at ceilidhs.

Noun

Gay Gordons

  1. A Scottish folk dance popular at ceilidhs.
    • Almost worse were country dances with the school team -"Hamilton House", "The Gay Gordons", "Sir Roger de Coverley", on great occasions publicly on the village green.2003, Allan Gray, Homelands, →ISBN, page 37
    • Although the programme was built round the Bon Dance, it was nevertheless a motley farrago with three main divisions: post-war Japanese dances came first; then, something billed as 'folk-dances'—we had gone expecting the gems of this tradition-lovin district but we found ourselves watching instead...2013, Geoffrey Bownas, Pauline Brown, Japanese Rainmaking and other Folk Practices, →ISBN, page 91
  2. A form of solitaire in which the goal is to remove all cards by creating pairs that add up to 11.
    • If you're a Solitaire aficionado who knows more than one game, you'll be happy to know that AisleRiot Solitaire provides the following games: Agnes, Athena, […], Freecell, Gaps, Gay Gordons, Glenwood, Golf, […], Yukon, and Zebra.2010, William von Hagen, Ubuntu Linux Bible, →ISBN
  3. An orange and yellow hybrid tea rose.
    • New cultivars shown for the first time this year were not particularly exciting, though James Cocker's bi-colour 'Gay Gordons' certainly took the eye.1969, Gardeners Chronicle & New Horticulturist
    • Cocker of Aberdeen brought eleven seedlings: "Ann Cocker', 'Gay Gordons', 'Alec's Red', 'Pineapple Poll' among them.1970, Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal, page 37

Examples of Gay Gordons in a sentence

  • They did lariat-spinning, shooting and knife-throwing, then came the clowns, Thick and Thin, and then the Gay Gordons again.2015, Christopher Hope, Heaven Forbid, →ISBN:
  • During the last few years he has introduced such hybrid teas as the apricot-coloured Fairy Dancers, Gay Gordons, red and yellow, and Northern Lights, creamy yellow with tinges of pink.1974, Amateur Gardening - Volume 91, page 45:
  • There has been a hug swing away from the sort of roses my grandparents loved, fancy Hybrid Teas and Florinbundas^([sic]) with names like 'Tallyho' and 'Gay Gordons'.2005, Jem Cook, Anna Marsden, Create your dream garden: Tips and techniques to make your garden bloom, →ISBN, page 96:

Questions about Gay Gordons

What does Gay Gordons mean?
Gay Gordons means a Scottish folk dance popular at ceilidhs.
How do you use Gay Gordons in a sentence?
They did lariat-spinning, shooting and knife-throwing, then came the clowns, Thick and Thin, and then the Gay Gordons again.
What part of speech is Gay Gordons?
Gay Gordons is a noun.

Words near Gay Gordons in the dictionary

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