poussette

[ poo-set ]

noun

1. a dance step in which a couple or several couples dance around the ballroom, holding hands, as in country dances.

verb (used without object)

, pous·set·ted, pous·set·ting.

1. to perform a poussette, as a couple in a country dance.

poussette

/ puːˈsɛt /

noun

1. a figure in country dancing in which couples hold hands and move up or down the set to change positions

verb

1. intr to perform such a figure

Word History and Origins

Origin of poussette¹

1805–15; < French, equivalent to pouss ( er ) to push + -ette -ette

Word History and Origins

Origin of poussette¹

C19: from French, from pousser to push

Example Sentences

Poussette, for it was she, possessed more discretion than sense, and more sense than wit; she looked calmly upon her patient as upon a stranger and set about her work in silence.

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New resolution showed in his features; he dropped her hand which he had been holding and turned back towards Poussette's.

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No gossip had reached him where he lay at Archibald Groom's, with Madame Poussette watching him, nor at the Hotel Champlain where he had staggered the night before for a mad moment only, as he asked for news of Crabbe and was told that he gone back to St. Ignace; therefore he knew nothing of the affaire Archambault, as some of the provincial papers called it, and had heard only the bare facts of Henry Clairville's death and burial.

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Father Rielle, though listening intently, still kept his gaze riveted on the peculiar actions of the men outside Poussette's.

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"Has not mademoiselle already waited overlong?" exclaimed Poussette.

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