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hankin booby

hankin booby noun: a kind of English folk dance performed in a circle, or its associated tune.

Noun

hankin booby

  1. A kind of English folk dance performed in a circle, or its associated tune.
    • Wyth, ‘Troll, cytrace, and trovy,’
      They rangyd Hankyn Bovy
      My churche all abowte.c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 65, lines 116–118

Questions about hankin booby

What does hankin booby mean?
Hankin booby means a kind of English folk dance performed in a circle, or its associated tune.
What part of speech is hankin booby?
Hankin booby is a noun.

Words near hankin booby in the dictionary

  1. hankey-pankey
  2. Hankeys
  3. hankie
  4. hankies
  5. Hankin
  6. hankin booby
  7. hanking
  8. Hankins
  9. Hankinson
  10. hanko
  11. hankos

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