/ ˈkænkæn; NAmE / noun
(often the cancan ) [ sing. ] a fast dance in which a line of women kick their legs high in the air
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: from French , child's word for canard duck, from Old French caner to quack.
/ ˈkænkæn; NAmE / noun
(often the cancan ) [ sing. ] a fast dance in which a line of women kick their legs high in the air
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: from French , child's word for canard duck, from Old French caner to quack.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005