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merry dance

merry dance noun: a useless waste of time resulting from a deception.

Noun

merry dance (plural merry dances)

  1. (idiomatic) A useless waste of time resulting from a deception.
    • The children led us on a merry dance with their stories of strangers and shadows in the night.
    • "That's what happened to me the last time you fired a high snowball. Peaches. That's why I didn't want you to try another while I'm around. You wait until I'm off the campus if you've got to indulge in high jinks. Come on now, fellows, since Peaches has promised to behave himself, let the merry...1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine

merry dance meaning in Tamil

merry dance in Tamil

குமண்டை

Synonyms of merry dance

Forms of merry dance

pluralmerry dances

Questions about merry dance

What does merry dance mean?
Merry dance means a useless waste of time resulting from a deception.
What is merry dance in Tamil?
Merry dance in Tamil is குமண்டை. See Merry dance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is merry dance?
Merry dance is a noun.
What is the plural of merry dance?
The plural of merry dance is merry dances.

Words near merry dance in the dictionary

  1. merry Christmas
  2. merry cocker
  3. merry cockers
  4. merry companies
  5. merry company
  6. merry dance
  7. merry dancers
  8. merry dances
  9. Merry Hill
  10. Merry Lees
  11. merry men

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