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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) A form of tap dance with gliding, sliding, and stomping movements performed at high speed..
His abrupt changes of mood and tone disturb even as they dazzle the reader, insisting upon the urgency of Tate's subjects and upon the emotional precariousness of the situations in which he finds them.
With his show-business background, Reagan was unusually deft at this type of verbal buck and wing. At the president's behest, his administration renamed the multiwarhead MX missile — capable of destroying multiple major cities and tens, if not hundreds, of millions of civilians
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Buck-and-wing means (historical) A form of tap dance with gliding, sliding, and stomping movements performed at high speed..
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His abrupt changes of mood and tone disturb even as they dazzle the reader, insisting upon the urgency of Tate's subjects and upon the emotional precariousness of the situations in which he finds them.
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