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Valse

noun

A ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat. Synonym: waltz.

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"Valse" Quotes from Famous Books

... away, or was it that big chafer spinning round and round the room? Now it nearly died out, and then it grew louder again and seemed to double into a duet, just as if the great stag beetle had whisked in at the casement and had joined in the nocturnal valse, the duet seeming to be intended to lull the naturalist and his nephew to sleep in the soft musky sweetness of that delightful ...

— The Ocean Cat's Paw - The Story of a Strange Cruise • George Manville Fenn

... he refuse another lesson. When they had drifted into the drawing-room, Leonore asked: "Have you been learning how to valse?" ...

— The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him • Paul Leicester Ford

... sol, mi, do,—this other brings Back to the mind a valse of long ago, The fife's shrill laughter mocked the sounding strings That wept their notes of ...

— Bohemians of the Latin Quarter • Henry Murger

Words linked to "Valse" : waltz, ballroom dance, ballroom dancing