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hokey-pokey

[hoh-kee-poh-kee] / ˈhoʊ kiˈpoʊ ki /




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After a couple rounds of the hokey-pokey in their dance space, I knew I just had the best date ever.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 8, 2021

In the United Kingdom—where its long, strange history begins—the hokey-pokey is known as the hokey-kokey.

From The New Yorker Dec. 19, 2018

And you better do it fast, because that's not the hokey-pokey.

From Time Magazine Archive

"How many other baseball owners would go onto the field in front of the fans and do the hokey-pokey with their mascots?" asks Robert Wuhl, an actor-comedian and close friend.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Now I want you to put your left foot forward, then pull it back. Put your right foot forward, pull it back. Don’t go anywhere, just do a little hokey-pokey for me.”

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen




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