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One-step

noun

An early ballroom dance; precursor to the fox-trot.

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"One-step" Quotes from Famous Books

... to which Hal reduced his characterization of Miss Pierce, by the time the one-step ended. Nevertheless, he admitted to himself that he had been amused. His one chief concern now, however, was the engagement with ...

— The Clarion • Samuel Hopkins Adams

... of silence. Out in the ballroom a noisy one-step was in boisterous progress; there was a great deal of laughter and chattering; the little anteroom seemed as if it must ...

— The Phantom Lover • Ruby M. Ayres

... expect you to dance," said Jocelyn, with a confidential smile which implied that he and she were above such frivolities. As a matter of fact, he could have taught her the Wogga-Wogga one-step, the Bimbo, the Kiyi, the Ju-bu, the Head-hunter's Hug, and many other cannibalistic steps which, later on, were to become the rage of London and the basis ...

— Once a Week • Alan Alexander Milne

... of Young Jeff's big hands, Inez the other. There was an uproarious scuffle which ended in the three, laughing immoderately, executing a hybrid folk dance to the one-step which Peter began to play. And Scott danced unmolested during the remainder ...

— Judith of the Godless Valley • Honore Willsie

Words linked to "One-step" : trip the light fantastic toe, ballroom dance, dance, trip the light fantastic, ballroom dancing, turkey trot