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  • noun Plural form of contradance.

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Examples

  • He had a brace of fiddlers, one on each side, but with his own violin under his double-chin he alone "called the figures" of the old-fashioned contradances.

    Una Of The Hill Country 1911 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

  • The European roots of their music are clearly heard in the mazurkas and contradances that appear in their repertoires.

    Fresno Famous - Discover local life mizu 2010

  • The European roots of their music are clearly heard in the mazurkas and contradances that appear in their repertoires.

    Fresno Famous - Discover local life 2010

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