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\kankˈan], \kankˈan], \k_a_n_k_ˈa_n]\
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kan-kan, n. a dance in some public balls at Paris and elsewhere, characterised by immodest gestures and postures. [Usually referred to L. quamquam, the pronunciation of which was long hotly disputed in the French schools; Littré quotes an O. Fr. caquehan, a noisy assembly.]
By Thomas Davidson
