CANCAN


Meaning of CANCAN in English

/kan"kan'/ , n.

a lively high kicking dance that came into vogue about 1830 in Paris and after 1844 was used as an exhibition dance.

[ 1840-50; can ) said to be nursery var. of canard duck; see CANARD ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .