step dance

step dance
1. noun
A dance emphasizing the dancers steps.

He then gave us a step-dance, so as not to dwell too long on one subject.

2. verb
To perform a step dance.

[. . .] place, where we boxed, played skittles, step-danced — a place in which I could say to all these dear street-corner, out-of-work people, " Come in and spend [. . .]


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