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lindy


lindy or Lin·dy [lin-dee] Word Origin noun, plural lin·dies.

  1. Also called lindy hop, Lindy Hop. an energetic jitterbug dance.

verb (used without object), lin·died, lin·dy·ing.

  1. to dance the lindy.

Origin of lindy First recorded in 1930–35; probably from nickname of Charles A. Lindbergh Word Origin and History for lindy hop Lindy Hop n.

popular dance, 1931, it originated in Harlem, N.Y., named for Lindy, nickname of U.S. aviator Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974) who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop trans-Atlantic flight.

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