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Sashay

verb
1.
Move sideways.  Synonym: sidle.
2.
To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others.  Synonyms: cock, prance, ruffle, strut, swagger, tittup.
3.
Perform a chasse step, in ballet.  Synonym: chasse.
noun
1.
A square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps.
2.
(ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading.  Synonym: chasse.
3.
A journey taken for pleasure.  Synonyms: excursion, expedition, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip.  "It was merely a pleasure trip" , "After cautious sashays into the field"





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"Sashay" Quotes from Famous Books



... unbelieving. "You can prove it easy. Some time, when they shift some decent guards on us that will give us a peep at a newspaper, you get yourself thrown into the jacket, climb out of your body, and sashay down to little old 'Frisco. Slide up to Third and Market just about two or three a.m. when they are running the morning papers off the press. Read the latest news. Then make a swift sneak for San Quentin, get here before the newspaper tug crosses the bay, and tell me what you read. Then we'll wait ...
— The Jacket (The Star-Rover) • Jack London
... off in apparent alarm. "Say, is this a weddin' garment you're onload'n' on me? Do I have to sashay down a church aisle ...
— The Big-Town Round-Up • William MacLeod Raine
... wound Reddy's tender feelings, and him so bent on matrimony!" said Denver innocently. "Get a move on them fried spuds and sashay them down this way, if there's any left when y'u ...
— Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West • William MacLeod Raine
... cabins where de dancin' gwine be. Dey moves everything out de cabin 'cept a few chairs. Next come de fiddler and banjo-er and when dey starts, de caller call, 'Heads lead off,' and de first couple gits in middle de floor, and all de couples follow till de cabin full. Next he calls, 'Sashay to de right, and do-si-do.' Round to de right dey go, den he calls, 'Swing you partners, and dey swing dem round twice, and so it go till daylight come, den he sing ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves. - Texas Narratives, Part 2 • Works Projects Administration
... displaying their rough flannel shirts and belts, in which were carried sheath knives, chose their partners and went at it with a will, to Dick's music, while he fiddled and shouted such directions as "Sashay ...
— Ungava Bob - A Winter's Tale • Dillon Wallace


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