Poussette

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

  Poussette \Pous*sette"\, v. i.
     To perform a certain movement in a dance. [R.] --Tennyson.
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           Down the middle, up again, poussette, and cross. --J. &
                                                    H. Smith.


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

  Poussette \Pous*sette"\ (p[=oo]*s[e^]t"), n. [F., pushpin, fr.
     pousser to push. See {Push}.]
     A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance.
     --Dickens.
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