dancing school en · NOUN
Meanings
- An educational institution that teaches its students how to dance
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(archaic, euphemistic, obsolete) A brothel
"As how, my lambkin," blushing, she replide, / "Because I in this dancing schoole abide? / If that it be, that breede's this discontent, / We will remoue the camp incontinent: / For shelter onelie, sweete heart, came I hither, / And to auoide the troblous stormie weather; / But now the coaste is cleare, we will be gonne, / Since, but thy self, true louer I haue none."
1593, Thomas Nashe, The Choice of Valentines:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dancing schools | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
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