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Meanings of gavotte in English

Russian
гавот
Portuguese
gavota
Spanish
gavota
Catalan
gavota
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French folk dance.

гавот
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Examples for "gavot"
Examples for "gavot"
1
I believe in gavots at parties only if they strengthen muscles for milking time.
The Golden Bird
2
He gavotted a few Lines with the Lily.
People You Know
3
Mr. Byles Gridley looked on gravely, thinking of the minuets and the gavots of his younger days.
The Guardian Angel
4
The fantastic melodies of wandering gypsy songs went throbbing through the room; rollicking gavots, Hungarian dances, low and slumbrous nocturnes.
The Puppet Crown
5
* * * He was a native of Rhode Island; his name was Gavot.
American Prisoners of the Revolution
Usage of gavotte in English
1
The little gavotte is an old dance in the second-hand book store.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
2
At Court he revived classical dances like the minuet and the gavotte.
William of Germany
3
Something nameless and shapeless had lifted; there was a gavotte to her heartbeat.
Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
4
It was first a gentle gavotte, but impatience quickened the time.
The Burgomaster's Wife — Volume 02
5
A gavotte was just over, as Moor entered the superb rooms.
A Word, Only a Word — Volume 03
6
They dance a gavotte, and then stand at left of stage.
Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People
7
They dance a gavotte, and retire to a line at left.
Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People
8
And Kevin Connolly explains what dancing the gavotte has got to with Brexit.
BBC
9
The string band struck the preliminary cords of the gavotte.
The Elusive Pimpernel
10
Broken down best sellers here-pausingin their gavotte toward oblivion.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
11
There is a quaint sarabande, and a gavotte written on simple lines, but superbly.
Contemporary American Composers / Being a Study of the Music of ...
12
But it ought, of course, to have the gavotte before.
The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2
13
The pavane had come to its first conclusion; the dancers bowed, preparing for the gavotte.
The bourne identity
14
The sounds were plainer now, and presently resolved into the rhythmic accents of a gavotte.
Visionaries
15
David's "Charmant Oiseau," and then the gay little gavotte from "Manon."
The Gates of Chance
16
The gavotte is in G, and ends on the keynote thus (if I remember):-
The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2
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Russian
гавот
Catalan
gavota
Gavotte through the time