Glossary entry

Swedish term or phrase:

styrdans

English translation:

ballroom dancing, cheek-to-cheek dancing

Added to glossary by Larry Abramson
Jun 15, 2006 07:16
17 yrs ago
Swedish term

styrdans

Swedish to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature general - slang?
anyone?
Proposed translations (English)
5 +4 ballroom dancing, cheek-to-cheek dancing

Proposed translations

+4
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ballroom dancing, cheek-to-cheek dancing

A styrdans is any one of many dances in which partners hold each other. Slow dance, cheek-to-cheek, ballroom dancing are some terms that apply to these "tryckare." Before the advent of the Twist in 1961, this was DANCE.
Peer comment(s):

agree F Schultze (X) : Precisely. Herren styr damen (för det meste;-).
1 hr
agree EKM
1 hr
agree Michele Fauble
1 hr
agree Madeleine Kamlin
2 hrs
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