2. Adjective. (dated now uncommon) that prances ¹
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Definition of Prancing
1. prance [v] - See also: prance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prancing
Literary usage of Prancing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author by Laurence Sterne (1813)
"... satires upon the parade and prancing manner in which Lewis xiv. from the
beginning of the war, but particularly that very year, had taken the field. ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"An roupie I think there came prancing down the bill a ..r St. Nicholas'» clerk».
.... prancing ..."
3. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"A fit of passion, S., or thé extravagant mode of displaying it, as by prancing,
stamping, &c. " At length the faught began in earnest,—what a ..."
4. The Mother Tongue by Sarah Louise Arnold, George Lyman Kittredge, John Hays Gardiner (1900)
"In old times there were no railroads to carry the mail, but coaches, drawn by
prancing horses, rolled merrily into the towns, bringing letters as THE OLD ..."
5. The Mother Tongue by Sarah Louise Arnold, George Lyman Kittredge, John Hays Gardiner (1900)
"In old times there were no railroads to carry the mail, but coaches, drawn by
prancing horses, rolled merrily into the towns, bringing letters as THE OLD ..."
6. The Mother Tongue by Sarah Louise Arnold, George Lyman Kittredge, John Hays Gardiner (1908)
"In old times there were no railroads to carry the mail, but coaches, drawn by
prancing horses, rolled merrily into the towns, bringing letters as THE OLD ..."
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