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Corea (The)

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The dancing mania, which in 1800 appeared in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. The usual manifestations were laughing, shouting, dancing, and convulsions. (Latin chorĕa, a dance where many dance simultaneously.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Cordelia’s Gift
Cordeliers
Cordeliers (The)
Cordon (The)
Cordon (Un grand)
Cordon Bleu (Un) (French)
Cordon Noir (Un)
Cordon Rouge (Un) (French)
Corduroy
Cordwainer
Corea (The)
Corflambo
Corineus
Corinnus
Corinth
Corinth
Corinth’s Pedagogue
Corinthian (A)
Corinthian Brass
Corinthian Order
Corinthian Tom

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