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RIGADOON

\ɹˌɪɡɐdˈuːn], \ɹˌɪɡɐdˈuːn], \ɹ_ˌɪ_ɡ_ɐ_d_ˈuː_n]\

Definitions of RIGADOON

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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A gay, lively dance for one couple, - said to have been borrowed from Provence in France.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A gay, lively dance for one couple, - said to have been borrowed from Provence in France.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

rig-a-d[=oo]n', n. a lively dance for one couple, or its music: formerly in the French army, a beat of drum while culprits were being marched to punishment. [Fr. rigaudon.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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