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Meanings of longways dance in English

Country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other.

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        Examples for "longways"
        Examples for "longways"
        1
        It was a rectangle, a slightly tilted roof tenting in the middle, longways.
        The Scorch Trials
        2
        The memories of Jamaica slipped in sideways, longways, folded up and pressed flat.
        Twisted
        3
        He cut the sturgeon in half, longways, and took his half with him.
        The Plains of Passage
        4
        They lay longways behind a raised artificial bank on our side of the river.
        The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, I...
        5
        Then we might tear up our sashes longways, knot them together, and slip down.
        The Tiger of Mysore: A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib