Coupee

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Coupee \Cou*pee"\ (k[=oo]*p[=e]"; F. k[=oo]`p[asl]"), n. [F.
     coup['e], n., properly p. p. of couper to cut. Cf.
     {Coup['e]}, {Coopee}.]
     A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent, and
     raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is
     made. --Chambers.


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