Sekirov Dictionary

poussette

/puːˈsɛt/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 3

noun2

A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance.
A method of cheating in card games, whereby a player surreptitiously changes his or her stake after the cards are dealt.

verb1

•
To waltz around each other, as two couples do in a contra dance.
- Came wet-shod alder from the wave, / Came yews, a dismal coterie; / Each pluck'd his one foot from the grave, / Poussetting with a sloe-tree: […] — 1842

forms

poussetted · poussetting · poussettes

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