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n. - A quadrille for 8 or 16 couples.

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Usage examples (35)
  • I've summoned Senglat since his lancers were the last in Certis.
  • "You can put most of the lancers a kay or so back, even farther," suggested Cerryl.
  • Maybe for a long period, newspapers will have to rely on free-lancers, which is surely cheaper.
  • I doubt the Duke of Lydiar, for all his boasts, can raise more than one hundred score trained lancers, that is.
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