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Ester

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Feb 14, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/14/99
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In a caption, under a photo where two little children are dancing:
"...Cutting the rug with her brother."
What does "to cut the rug" mean?

S. W. Davison

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Feb 14, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/14/99
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Ester wrote in message <36c70...@news.dada.it>...

>In a caption, under a photo where two little children are dancing:
>"...Cutting the rug with her brother."
>What does "to cut the rug" mean?
>


It's a figurative expression meaning "dance."

Stowe Davison

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Hominibus

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Feb 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/15/99
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I first heard this in the early 1940's. Teen-age slang for jitterbug dancing.

Adrian Clark

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Feb 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM2/15/99
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Ester <sca...@dada.it> wrote:

> In a caption, under a photo where two little children are dancing:
> "...Cutting the rug with her brother."
> What does "to cut the rug" mean?

It means "to dance"


Adrian


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