"Lambeth Walk" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Lambeth Walks [plural]
Etymology: Originally the name of a comic Cockney sketch and song, c. 1901, and later popularised as a dance in the 1937 theatrical production Me and My Girl and 1939 movie The Lambeth Walk; punning on Lambeth Walk, a street in the London suburb of Lambeth. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Lambeth Walk (plural Lambeth Walks)
  1. (preceded by definite article) A dance popular in the late 1930s in which the dancer imitates the exaggerated jaunty walk of a comic Cockney character of theatrical shows. Wikipedia link: Lambeth Walk, Me and My Girl, The Lambeth Walk Categories (topical): Dances
    Sense id: en-Lambeth_Walk-en-noun-7PVtJd1u Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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