n. A country-dance figure in which couples or a couple join hands and swing around the floor. [French, pushpin, diminutive of obsolete pousse, a push, from pousser, to push, from Old French poulser, pousser, to push, from Latin pulsāre, frequentative of pellere, to push; see pel-5 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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