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Castle walk

noun

  1. a ballroom dance of the pre–World War I era, consisting of a sedate step to each beat.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Castle walk1

Named after Vernon and Irene Castle
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Example Sentences

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He will fly to County Louth, on Ireland’s east coast, on Wednesday to visit a cemetery, tour a castle, walk around downtown Dundalk and attend a community gathering.

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After this ride, which is called the Forbidden Journey, you exit Hogwarts castle, walk past Hagrid's hut with Buckbeak sitting amidst some pumpkins and enter the town of Hogsmead.

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He kicks a mean one-step, dances the Castle Walk.

By 1912, their dancing and their songs�the Castle Walk and the Maxixe �were sentimental favorites in the U.S. and Europe.

Irene Castle McLaughlin, who tripped her way to fame during World War I with such sprightly dances as the Maxixe and the Castle Walk, was completely out of sympathy with World War II's jitterbugging: "It's not dancing�it belongs to the realm of athletics . . . they look like a netful of fish."

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