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line dancing

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noun

  1. a form of dancing performed by rows of people to country and western music

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Waiters routinely break into line dancing at some point during their shifts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

It began after Sydney Clements, a medical student at Indiana University, said the beauty brand Revlon hadn’t fulfilled its promise to replace a lip oil she lost while line dancing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

"I've done lots of different dancing over the years and there's no community like the line dancing community."

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

Natalie, who is 41, says she would once have been the youngest person in the room at a line dancing event.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

Meantime LeNoir was devoting himself to Black Hugh at one end of the line, dancing in upon him and away again, but without much result.

From The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa by Connor, Ralph