4 November 2018
hornpipe
[hawrn-pahyp]
noun
1. an English folk clarinet having one ox horn concealing the reed and another forming the bell.
2. a lively jiglike dance, originally to music played on a hornpipe, performed usually by one person, and traditionally a favorite of sailors.
3. a piece of music for or in the style of such a dance.
Origin of hornpipe
1350-1400; Middle English. See horn, pipe1
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Examples from the Web for hornpipe
Historical Examples
It’s like saying your prayers to a hornpipe, thinking of her and carrying on with them wastrels.
Capt’n Davy’s Honeymoon
Hall Caine
In Britain, you have the hornpipe, a dance which is held an original of this country.
A Treatise on the Art of Dancing
Giovanni-Andrea Gallini
And if it will make your dinner agree with you, I will dance you a hornpipe into the bargain.
My Ten Years’ Imprisonment
Silvio Pellico
Tom was talked about: biceps like thighs, now: a hornpipe danced on the hands.
The Bill-Toppers
Andre Castaigne
He intimated also to Jack that he must get up and go through his hornpipe again.
Salt Water
W. H. G. Kingston
That comes off, and he is an American sailor, with his hands on his hips dancing a hornpipe.
A Boy’s Town
W. D. Howells
Give them the hornpipe, Jack, when the sliding and sprawling is finished.
The Lady of Lynn
Walter Besant
He had to do a little jubilating himself, so he got up and began a hornpipe.
Motor Matt’s Hard Luck
Stanley R. Matthews
Theyll be sayin the Old Hundredth is a Dutch hornpipe next, he growled.
The Message
Louis Tracy
I could dance a hornpipe with anybody, and forward I came to listen.
The Maid of Sker
Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Anagram
pep rhino
no hipper
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