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La danse commence là-bas, fighting has broken out yonder.

“Mon Caporal, there is great news: La danse commence là-bas.”—Ouida: Under Two Flags, chap. xxv.

A la danse. On the march.


“The regiment was ordered out a la danse There was fresh war in the interior.”—Ouida: Under Two Flags, chap. xxv. (See Dance.)

 

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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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Dandy
Dandy-horse
Dandyism
Dane’s Skin (A)
Dangle
Daniel Lambert
Danism
Dannebrog or Danebrog
Dannocks
Danse
Dansker
Dante and Beatrice
Dantesque
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Daphnis
Dapper
Dapple
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