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fox-trot [foks-trot] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN verb (used without object), fox-trot·ted, fox-trot·ting. to dance a fox trot. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of fox-trot First recorded in 1915–20 fox trot noun a social dance, in quadruple meter, performed by couples, characterized by various combinations of slow and quick steps. a pace, as of a horse, consisting of a series of short steps, as in slackening from a trot to a walk. Origin of fox trot An Americanism dating back to 1870–75 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for fox-trot Historical Examples of fox-trot
Then I went over to the victrola and set it going in a fox-trot, one of my favorites.
Cleveland Moffett
It was no fox-trot, nor yet so fast as the Derby record, but most excellent for a mule.
Donahoe’s Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886
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Never thought you were going to fox-trot backwards all over the fairway.
P. G. Wodehouse
One-step, fox-trot and a Lulu Fado followed in smooth succession.
Eleanor M. Ingram
“I think it’s what they call a fox-trot,” remarked Gordon, doubtfully.
George van Schaick
Word Origin and History for fox-trot fox trot n.
also fox-trot, foxtrot, “pace with short steps,” such as a fox’s, 1872, from fox (n.) + trot (n.). As a type of popular dance, from 1915.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
