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Clog dance   /klɑg dæns/   Listen
noun
Clog  n.  
1.
That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind. "All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and institutions of England are so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and opression."
2.
A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion. "As a dog... but chance breaks loose, And quits his clog." "A clog of lead was round my feet."
3.
A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine. "In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the middle sort... makes use of wooden clogs."
Clog almanac, a primitive kind of almanac or calendar, formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of wood, brass, or bone; called also a Runic staff, from the Runic characters used in the numerical notation.
Clog dance, a dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or thick-soled shoes.





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"Clog dance" Quotes from Famous Books



... evening camp, when other amusements failed, or when anticipated troubles depressed the spirits of the travelers, it was his custom to remove the "hindgate" of his wagon, lay it on the ground, and thereon perform the "clog dance," "Irish jigs," the "pigeon wing," and other fantastic steps. Many an evening the Donner Party were prevented from brooding over their troubles by the boyish antics of ...
— History of the Donner Party • C.F. McGlashan
... latest tricks with cards—I'd got those at first hand from Professor Haughwout. You know how great Tom is on tricks. I could explain the disappearing woman mystery, and the mirror cabinet. I knew the clog dance that Dewitt and Daniels do. I had pictures of the trained seals, the great elephant act, Mademoiselle Picotte doing her great tight-rope dance, and the Brothers ...
— In the Bishop's Carriage • Miriam Michelson
... the meanest boy I ever heard of," said the grocery man. "But what about your Pa's dancing a clog dance in church Sunday? The minister's hired girl was in here after some codfish yesterday morning, and she said the minister said your Pa had scandalized the ...
— Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa - 1883 • George W. Peck


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