"dance-time" meaning in English

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          "extra": "the time for dancing",
          "word": "dancetime"
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          "ref": "1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese XXV:",
          "text": "And sorrow after sorrow took the place Of all those natural joys as lightly worn As the stringed pearls, each lifted in its turn By a beating heart at dance-time.",
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          "ref": "1957, Bertha Pauline Dutton, Indian Artistry in Wood and Other Media, page 10:",
          "text": "Essentially, the tihü provides a means of education; it is a gift at dance-time; it is a decorative article for the home; it can be used as a toy, though not primarily so intended; but above all, it is a constant reminder of the Kachinas.",
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          "ref": "1987, Alyce Taylor Cheska, Traditional Games and Dances in West African Nations, page 86:",
          "text": "Before the dance begins the head dressing is covered with a raffia headdress, but is replaced with a feather one at dance-time.",
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        "Alternative form of dancetime (“the time for dancing”)"
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          "extra": "a lively tempo",
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          "ref": "1916, Jack London, The Little Lady of the Big House, page 27:",
          "text": "As he left the head of the stairway, a dance-time piano measure and burst of laughter made him peep into a white morning room, flooded with sunshine.",
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          "ref": "1934, Hervey Allen, Anthony Adverse:",
          "text": "The music quickened into dance-time with the theme of a song emerging.",
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          "ref": "2014, W.S. Walton, Echoes from the Past: Reflections and Stories:",
          "text": "The station loudspeaker was broadcasting another Vera Lynn vintage tune, in sprightly dance-time:",
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          "ref": "1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Sonnets from the Portuguese XXV:",
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          "ref": "1957, Bertha Pauline Dutton, Indian Artistry in Wood and Other Media, page 10:",
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          "text": "The music quickened into dance-time with the theme of a song emerging.",
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