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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1821

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ALLEMAND, v. "To conduct [a person] in a forma; and courtly style" (Jam.2).Ayr. 1821 Galt Annals of the Par. xxxviii.:
He . . . presented her his hand, and alemanded her along in a manner that should not have been seen in any street out of a king's court, and far less on the Lord's day.

[From Fr. allemand German. Almain, the older form of the name in Eng., is given in N.E.D. as the name of various German dances, and of "a species of dance-music in slow time."]

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