See dancy on Wiktionary
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"(informal) Ready to dance."
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"ref": "1951, Billboard - May 12, 1951, page 10:",
"text": "This was the swingingest, danciest Ellington heard by most in a decade.",
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"ref": "1954, Collier's Illustrated Weekly - Volume 133, page 56:",
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"ref": "1988 July 15, Sarah Kaufman, “Dance & More for $1.98”, in Chicago Reader:",
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"Of music: suitable for dancing to."
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"(informal) Of music: suitable for dancing to."
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