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dance on nothing

verb

dance on nothing

verb
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Archaic, Idiomatic To be hanged.

  • Oh! Do hang him-we have waited Many a day for such a chance; Let the hempen cord be baited; See how gracefully he'll dance Dance on nothing! oh, how funny![…]1849, A. H. Baker, “Hang the Black Rascal”, in The Prisoners' Friend:
  • I would much rather be here, my lady, than dancing on nothing in the Hanging-wood, near Parkend1831, David Erskine, James III […] :

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