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can·can
(kăn′kăn′)n.
An exuberant dance that originated in France, performed by women and marked by high kicking.
[French.]
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cancan
(ˈkænˌkæn)n
(Dancing) a high-kicking dance performed by a female chorus, originating in the music halls of 19th-century Paris
[C19: from French, of uncertain origin]
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can•can
(ˈkænˌkæn)n.
a lively high-kicking dance that came into vogue about 1830 in Paris and after 1844 was used as an exhibition dance.
[1840–50]
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cancan
1. An energetic dance performed by women, involving high kicks and the lifting of frothy skirts.
2. A composition in 2/4 time in which one part is repeated by and overlaps another. In vogue in Paris in the 1830s.
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