tur|key-trot

tur|key-trot
a ballroom dance resembling the one-step, with swinging up-and-down movements, popular in the early 1900's.
tur|key-trot «TUR kee TROT», intransitive verb, -trot|ted, -trot|ting.
to dance the turkey trot.

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