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Figure-dancer. World English Historical Dictionary

Figure-dancer. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1901, rev. 2022. Figure-dancer 1.  A performer in a figure-dance.

1 1753.  A. Murphy, Gray’s-Inn Journal, No. 25. They all had the Honour of kissing a Figure Dancer.

2 1779.  Sheridan, Critic, I. i. With foreign emissaries and French spies, for aught I know, disguised like fiddlers and figure dancers?

3 1819.  E. S. Barrett, Metropolis, II. 202. The figure dancers, flower girls, characters, or stupid dominos hand-barrowed, half dozing, off in their chairs, whilst enquiring spies listened to the address!

4   2.  slang. (See quot.)

5 1796.  Grose, Dict. Vulg. Tongue, Figure Dancer, one who alters figures on bank notes, converting tens to hundreds.

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