bourrée
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bourrée /ˈbʊəreɪ/
▶noun
- 1 a lively French dance like a gavotte.
- 2 Ballet a series of very fast little steps performed on the tips of the toes with the feet close together.
– origin C17: Fr., lit. ‘faggot of twigs’ (the dance being performed around a twig fire).
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