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Highland fling   /hˈaɪlənd flɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Highland  n.  Elevated or mountainous land; (often in the pl.) an elevated region or country; as, the Highlands of Scotland.
Highland fling, a dance peculiar to the Scottish Highlanders; a sort of hornpipe.






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"Highland fling" Quotes from Famous Books



... of her precious luggage. Mary Carmichael was precipitated in a sudden panic; she had heard tales of the pranks of these playful Western squires—a little gun-play to induce the terrified tenderfoot to put a little more spirit into his Highland fling, "by request." She remembered their merrymaking with Simpson at breakfast. What did they intend to do with her belongings? And as she remembered the little plaid sewing-bag that Aunt Adelaide had made for her—surreptitiously ...
— Judith Of The Plains • Marie Manning



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