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rigadoon
noun
1. An old dance, of Provençal origin, in lively duple or quadruple time, for one couple.
2. The music for this dance.
Etymology
: 17c: from French
rigaudon
, perhaps named after Rigaud, a dancing master who is said to have invented it.
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