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gallopade
noun 3verb 2
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3ADJ.
instant
VERB + GALLOPADE
sounding
GALLOPADE + NOUN
hoofs
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noun
1
gallop
At the same instant the sounding gallopade of hoofs came from the tranquil roadway leading to the stables.
2
A type of dance, also known as the galop.
3
The music for this kind of dance.
They were a regular series of thumpings from the interior of the house, occasioned by the violent rocking of a cradle upon a stone floor, to which movement a feminine voice kept time by singing, in a vigorous gallopade, the favourite ditty of "The Spotted Cow".
verb
1
To gallop, as on horseback.
2
To perform the dance called gallopade.
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At the same instant the sounding gallopade of hoofs came from the tranquil roadway leading to the stables.
Wiktionary02
They were a regular series of thumpings from the interior of the house, occasioned by the violent rocking of a cradle upon a stone floor, to which movement a feminine voice kept time by singing, in a
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