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n. - A lively whirling Italian dance for two persons; Music composed in six-eight time for dancing a lively Italian dance.

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  • "It's 'bridge' for money or expensive prizes; and compared to the excitement it causes, the tarantella is a sitting-down dance.
  • Then there's a tarantella and you think of sunny Italy.
  • Jesse and I dance an improvised tarantella in his chair.
  • The Godfather and the tarantella, made sense, but … a hora?
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