"dance upon nothing" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dances upon nothing [present, singular, third-person], dancing upon nothing [participle, present], danced upon nothing [participle, past], danced upon nothing [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} dance upon nothing (third-person singular simple present dances upon nothing, present participle dancing upon nothing, simple past and past participle danced upon nothing)
  1. (archaic) To be executed by hanging. Tags: archaic Related terms: dance the hempen jig, dance the Tyburn jig
    Sense id: en-dance_upon_nothing-en-verb-JPidyarF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for dance upon nothing meaning in English (1.1kB)

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