cut and shuffle
Example Sentences
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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)
David stopped his cut and shuffle, and took critical stock of his sister for a moment.
From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Forewarned, all eyes have been focused on the line of her masts, and her sheer gives signal for a general cut and shuffle.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)
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
