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tango

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

tan·go / ˈtanggō/ • n. (pl. -gos) 1. a ballroom dance originating in Buenos Aires, characterized by marked rhythms and postures and abrupt pauses. ∎ a piece of music written for or in the style of this dance, typically in a slow dotted duple rhythm. 2. a code word representing the letter T, used in voice communication by radio. • v. (-goes, -goed) [intr.] dance the tango. PHRASES: it takes two to tango inf. both parties involved in a situation or argument are responsible for it.

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tango

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | | Copyright

tango. Argentinian dance, possibly imported into America by African slaves, perf. by couples at slow walking pace to mus. in simple duple time and with dotted rhythm like habanera. Became popular ballroom dance after 1907. Some composers have used the tango in their works, e.g. Walton, in his suite Façade, and Stravinsky.

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tango

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

tango Ballroom dance that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the late 19th century. Developed from Argentinian milonga, it was a ballroom favourite in Europe and the USA by 1915. It is characterized by quick, long strides and rapid reversals of direction on the balls of the feet.

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tango

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

tango XX. — Amer. Sp. (locally, dance and music for this, and instrument of the tambourine kind).

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tango

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

tango •Hidalgo •charango, Durango, fandango, mango, Okavango, quango, Sango, tango •Glasgow •Argo, argot, cargo, Chicago, embargo, escargot, farrago, largo, Margot, Otago, Santiago, virago •Lego • Marengo •Diego, galago, Jago, lumbago, sago, Tierra del Fuego, Tobago, Winnebago •amigo, ego, Vigo •bingo, dingo, Domingo, flamingo, gringo, jingo, lingo •Bendigo • indigo • archipelago •vertigo • Sligo •doggo, logo •bongo, Congo, drongo, Kongo, pongo •a-gogo, go-go, pogo, Togo •Hugo •fungo, mungo •ergo, Virgo

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	TANGO; People are wild about this torrid dance - from Argentina, where Luis... Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 6/16/1998
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