dance-time

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dance-time

  1. Alternative form of dancetime (the time for dancing)
    • 1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese XXV:
      And sorrow after sorrow took the place Of all those natural joys as lightly worn As the stringed pearls, each lifted in its turn By a beating heart at dance-time.
    • 1957, Bertha Pauline Dutton, Indian Artistry in Wood and Other Media, page 10:
      Essentially, the tihü provides a means of education; it is a gift at dance-time; it is a decorative article for the home; it can be used as a toy, though not primarily so intended; but above all, it is a constant reminder of the Kachinas.
    • 1987, Alyce Taylor Cheska, Traditional Games and Dances in West African Nations, page 86:
      Before the dance begins the head dressing is covered with a raffia headdress, but is replaced with a feather one at dance-time.
  2. Alternative form of dancetime (a lively tempo)
    • 1916, Jack London, The Little Lady of the Big House, page 27:
      As he left the head of the stairway, a dance-time piano measure and burst of laughter made him peep into a white morning room, flooded with sunshine.
    • 1934, Hervey Allen, Anthony Adverse:
      The music quickened into dance-time with the theme of a song emerging.
    • 2014, W.S. Walton, Echoes from the Past: Reflections and Stories:
      The station loudspeaker was broadcasting another Vera Lynn vintage tune, in sprightly dance-time: