cut and shuffle

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I cut and shuffle; shuffle, cut, again; But all my cutting, shuffling, proves in vain: 10     Vain hope, vain forethought too;     The Queen still falls to you.

From Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems by Rossetti, Christina Georgina

He's foremost among the mony Keel lads o' coaly Tyne: He'll set and row so tightly, Or in the dance—so sprightly— He'll cut and shuffle sightly; 'Tis true,—were he not mine.

From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)

And, springing up, he began to dance a sort of cut and shuffle before her out of sheer spirits.

From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

His thoughts were on the window and the fire-escape, and he hardly heard her monotonous sentences, though he obeyed mechanically her instructions to cut and shuffle.

From The Girl and The Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure by Merwin, Bannister

Then up and down, one, two, three, cut and shuffle, cross, under, and up and down again.

From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir