CANCAN


Meaning of CANCAN in English

■ noun a lively, high-kicking stage dance originating in 19th-century Parisian music halls and performed by women in long skirts and petticoats.

Origin

C19: from Fr., child's word for canard 'duck', from OFr. caner 'to quack'.

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