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newspaper dance

newspaper dance noun: a form of the game of musical statues in which the dancing players must stay on a sheet of newspaper, or (in another version) dance around the sheet and step onto it as the music stops. The sheet is reduced in size after each round.

Noun

newspaper dance (uncountable)

  1. A form of the game of musical statues in which the dancing players must stay on a sheet of newspaper, or (in another version) dance around the sheet and step onto it as the music stops. The sheet is reduced in size after each round.

Questions about newspaper dance

What does newspaper dance mean?
Newspaper dance means a form of the game of musical statues in which the dancing players must stay on a sheet of newspaper, or (in another version) dance around the sheet and step onto it as the music stops. The sheet is reduced in size after each round.
What part of speech is newspaper dance?
Newspaper dance is a noun.

Words near newspaper dance in the dictionary

  1. Newson
  2. Newsons
  3. newspaper
  4. newspaper cigar
  5. newspaper cigars
  6. newspaper dance
  7. newspaper round
  8. newspaper rounds
  9. newspaperboy
  10. newspaperboys
  11. newspaperdom

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