dos-à-dos
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]- Alternative form of dos a dos
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dos (“back”), from Latin dorsum (“back”), and à (“to”), from Latin ad (“to”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]dos-à-dos (invariable)
- (literally) back to back
Noun
[edit]dos-à-dos m (plural dos-à-dos)
- a move in square dancing in which two dancers face each other, then step forward and left until they have right shoulders adjacent, then move to a position where they are back to back, then move to have left shoulders adjacent, then return to facing each other
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