"cut the pigeon wing" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cuts the pigeon wing [present, singular, third-person], cutting the pigeon wing [participle, present], cut the pigeon wing [participle, past], cut the pigeon wing [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> the pigeon wing}} cut the pigeon wing (third-person singular simple present cuts the pigeon wing, present participle cutting the pigeon wing, simple past and past participle cut the pigeon wing)
  1. (idiomatic, US, dated) To dance with graceful or fancy movements. Tags: US, dated, idiomatic Categories (topical): Dance Synonyms: cut the pigeon's wing, cut pigeon wings Related terms: cut a rug
    Sense id: en-cut_the_pigeon_wing-en-verb-6z8A6h-i Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[…]that was because no manager could imagine that audiences would pay to see Negro performers in any other role than that of Mississippi River roustabouts; but there was lots of talent and ambition. I often heard the younger and brighter men discussing the time when they would compel the public to recognize that they could do something more than grin and cut pigeon-wings.",
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