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poussette
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poussette, n. [F., pushpin, fr. pousser to push. See Push.].
A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance. Dickens. [1913 Webster]
poussette, v. i.
To perform a certain movement in a dance. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
"Down the middle, up again, poussette, and cross."
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