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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
beguine /beɪˈgiːn/

▶noun a popular dance of Caribbean origin, similar to the foxtrot.

– origin 1930s: from W. Ind. Fr., from Fr. béguin ‘infatuation’.

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