dance on nothing
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dance on nothing
verb dances on nothing · dancing on nothing · danced on nothing
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To be hanged.
Oh! Do hang him-we have waited
Many a day for such a chance;
Let the hempen cord be baited;
See how gracefully he'll dance
Dance on nothing! oh, how funny![…]
Similar: dance on a rope, dance upon nothing, dance on nothing, dance the hempen jig, dance the Tyburn jig, dangle, hang, ride a horse foaled by an acorn, stretch hemp, string up, swing, take a ride to Tyburn
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