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Barn dance   /bɑrn dæns/   Listen
Barn dance

noun
1.
A dance party featuring country dancing.






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"Barn dance" Quotes from Famous Books



... big, red barn on a fine old farm, that is easily reached by city friends, and there, every year, is given an autumn revel in the shape of a genuine "barn dance." The mow is filled with sweet smelling hay and the cattle, stalled, are below. The big center floor is cleared and swept and reswept and chalked to make it fit for dancing feet. The decorations for the dance consume much time, and into them the hostess throws many a loving thought. Pumpkins form ...
— Social Life - or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society • Maud C. Cooke

... Alice was counted in on every festive gathering. If it was a barn dance she was always there and never lacked partners, and when the jolly party rode home in a big wagon filled with straw it was her voice that always started "The Quilting Party," or other old-time ballad ...
— Uncle Terry - A Story of the Maine Coast • Charles Clark Munn



Words linked to "Barn dance" :   dance



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