dancing-master
dancing master n [The] first dancing-master I made, I made him for the first feller [i.e. boy] that we had, and I danced it for him. [ =wooden puppet danced by suspending over pliable board which is vibrated with the hand and causes board to strike puppet's feet so that it appears to dance and...
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Summary: | dancing master n [The] first dancing-master I made, I made him for the first feller [i.e. boy] that we had, and I danced it for him. [ =wooden puppet danced by suspending over pliable board which is vibrated with the hand and causes board to strike puppet's feet so that it appears to dance and the feet make a tapping noise in time to music] wooden puppet Yes J.WIDDOSON DNE-cit Used I Used I Used I Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Fri 12 Dec 2014; Headword contains a hyphen |
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