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light fantastics

light fantastics is the plural of light fantastic.

Meaning of light fantastic

Noun

light fantastic (plural light fantastics)

  1. (dated) A dance or the act of dancing.
    • An officer told the Water Police Magistrate to-day how some few nights ago he had seen Williams giving an exhibition more daring than conventional, and keeping time to the dancing of her "light fantastic" with language that "struck him all of a heap."1905 May 12, The Evening News, Sydney, page 4, column 5

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What is light fantastics the plural of?
Light fantastics is the plural of light fantastic.

Words near light fantastics in the dictionary

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