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Examples
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Il video musicale, con le ballerine Whoopee Beaux Belles, รจ stato diretto da Alex de Campi.
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La gente si fa nervosa quando, mentre la cantante canta e le ballerine ballano, i tifosi di calcio entrano in campo.
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The other ballerine were, of course, less brilliantly attired, but all had rings on their arms, legs, and ankles, fingers, and toes.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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The negro-dances were exhibited, by _ballerine_ from the opera; and all was in suspense for the appearance of the two stars of the night.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 Various
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It was under her care, between a barber and a ballerine, amid the shamelessness of his stepfather's palace, where any day he could have seen his mother beckon indolently to a centurion and pointing to some lover who had ceased to please, make the gesture which signified Death, that the young Enobarbus -- Nero, as he subsequently called himself -- was trained for the throne.
Imperial Purple Edgar Saltus 1889
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I was charmed with her many reminiscences of well-known characters, and as I had seen her as well as Ellsler and all the great _ballerine_ many times, we had many conferences.
Memoirs Charles Godfrey Leland 1863
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And what Diana Vernon is to a French ballerine dancing the Cancan, the
Val d'Arno John Ruskin 1859
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The other ballerine were, of course, less brilliantly attired, but all had rings on their arms, legs, and ankles, fingers, and toes.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Shoes are included with the ballerine but I'm wearing the Saffron Heels in Black from Lelutka.
Fashion World of SL iheartsl.com 2010
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Shoes are included with the ballerine but I'm wearing the Saffron Heels in Black from Lelutka.
Fashion World of SL 2010
missanthropist commented on the word ballerine
Plural of ballerina, feminine of Italian ballerino, 'dancer'.
C.A.M. Fennel, The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases, 1964
May 17, 2008