carmagnole

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carmagnole - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Carmagnole \Car`ma`gnole"\, n. [F.]
     1. A popular or Red Rebublican song and dance, of the time of
        the first French Revolution.
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              They danced and yelled the carmagnole. --Compton
                                                    Reade.
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     2. A bombastic report from the French armies.
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