Buck-and-wing Definition
bŭkənd-wĭng
noun
A style of step dance featuring energetic leg and arm movements and typically performed in wooden-soled shoes, popular in the 19th-century United States and considered an early form of tap dance.
American Heritage
A complicated, fast tap dance.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Buck-and-wing
From buck (dance) (pigeon) wing a dance step in which the performer jumps up and strikes one leg against the other while in the air
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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