coranto
Americannoun
plural
corantos, corantoesnoun
Etymology
Origin of coranto
1615–25; earlier carranta < Italian cor ( r ) anta < French courante courante
Example Sentences
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It is a good beast for carrying a burden or trampling down a foe, but a very indifferent one at a lavolta or a coranto.
From Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives by Cary, Henry Francis
I confess that I was uneasy, for Frances was a country girl, and the coranto was the most trying, though, if well done, the most beautiful of all dances.
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles
"May I be honored with your Majesty's hand for the next coranto?"
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles
The little beast has taught me a new step in the coranto.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
Time in Holland is a foolish old fellow with all the antics of a youth, who "goes to church in a coranto, and lights his pipe in a cinque-pace."
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Rhys, Ernest
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