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Foxtrot   Listen
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foxtrot, fox trot  n.  A ballroom dance for couples in quadruple time, combining short and long and fast and slow steps in fixed sequences.
Synonyms: fox-trot.






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"Foxtrot" Quotes from Famous Books



... clumped forward, breathing hard, and smiling mirthlessly, with an assumption of ease that deceived no one, least of all, themselves. "A little lively, please. Don't look so scared. I'm not a bit vicious. Now then, Miss Weeks! A fox trot." ...
— Cheerful—By Request • Edna Ferber

... I don't care for those many-gaited Kentuckians," Paula said quickly, "—except for park work. But for California, rough roads, mountain trails, and all the rest, give me the fast walk, the fox trot, the long trot that covers the ground, and the not too-long, ground-covering gallop. Of course, the close-coupled, easy canter; but I scarcely call that a gait—it's no more than the long lope reduced to the adjustment of ...
— The Little Lady of the Big House • Jack London

... that this came out of a costumer's?" Ryder swung her swiftly out in the fox trot before the crowd invaded the floor. "If Andy McLean could hear you! Why this, this is the real thing, ...
— The Fortieth Door • Mary Hastings Bradley



Words linked to "Foxtrot" :   trip the light fantastic, dance, ballroom dance, ballroom dancing, trip the light fantastic toe



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