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Texas dips

Texas dips is the plural of Texas dip.

Meaning of Texas dip

Noun

Texas dip (plural Texas dips)

  1. A form of elaborate curtsey and prostration performed in Texas during debutante balls.
    • “The Protestant establishment isn't threatening anymore. They're never going to run the world again, so it's safe to do the Texas dip,” says Richard Brookhiser, who wrote “The Way of the WASP.”1997 January 5, Maureen Dowd, quoting Richard Brookhiser, “WASP's Bite Back”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about Texas dips

What is Texas dips the plural of?
Texas dips is the plural of Texas dip.

Words near Texas dips in the dictionary

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  4. Texas deathmatches
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