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jig

Dance popular in the British Isles during the 16th century, which is thought to have developed into the gigue, later commonly used as the last movement of a baroque suite.



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HE has wriggled out and run away; and he is dancing a jig on the top of the cupboard!
The Original Peter Rabbit Books by Potter, Beatrix View in context
let's have a jig or two before we ride to anchor in Blanket Bay.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Then Dorothy wound up Tik-tok and he danced a jig to amuse the company, after which the Yellow Hen related some of her adventures with the Nome King in the Land of Ev.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
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