clog dance

noun

1. a dance in which clogs, or heavy shoes, are worn for hammering out the lively rhythm.

Other Words From

• clog dancer noun
• clog dancing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of clog dance¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Then, as the "Y" girls sang a catchy "rag" he was pushed forward and began a nimble clog dance.

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And George, he can clog-dance, and play the banjo like a pro-fessional.

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His teeth were chattering as if they were executing a clog dance.

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And then he sketched a clog-dance on the hard-trodden snow of the pavement, with a mouth quite full of chestnuts.

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"Steerage way," he shouted, and executed an awkward clog dance on the reeling deck.

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