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merry dances

merry dances is the plural of merry dance.

Meaning of merry dance

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.

Questions about merry dances

What is merry dances the plural of?
Merry dances is the plural of merry dance.

Words near merry dances in the dictionary

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

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