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Definition of cancan noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

cancan

noun
 
/ˈkænkæn/
 
/ˈkænkæn/
(often the cancan)
[singular]
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  1. a fast dance in which a line of women kick their legs high in the air
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, child's word for canard ‘duck’, from Old French caner ‘to quack’.
See cancan in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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