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dance-time en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of dancetime (“the time for dancing”).
   alt of dancetime
   • Essentially, the tihü provides a means of education; it is a gift at dance-time; it is a decorative article for the home; it can be used as a toy, though not primarily so intended; but above all, it is a constant reminder of the Kachinas. 1957, Bertha Pauline Dutton, Indian Artistry in Wood and Other Media, page 10:
   • Before the dance begins the head dressing is covered with a raffia headdress, but is replaced with a feather one at dance-time. 1987, Alyce Taylor Cheska, Traditional Games and Dances in West African Nations, page 86:
   • And sorrow after sorrow took the place Of all those natural joys as lightly worn As the stringed pearls, each lifted in its turn By a beating heart at dance-time. 1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese XXV:
2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of dancetime (“a lively tempo”).
   alt of dancetime
   • The music quickened into dance-time with the theme of a song emerging. 1934, Hervey Allen, Anthony Adverse:
   • As he left the head of the stairway, a dance-time piano measure and burst of laughter made him peep into a white morning room, flooded with sunshine. 1916, Jack London, The Little Lady of the Big House, page 27:
   • The station loudspeaker was broadcasting another Vera Lynn vintage tune, in sprightly dance-time: 2014, W.S. Walton, Echoes from the Past: Reflections and Stories: