Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lambeth walk

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: lam-beth walk
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dance popular in the late 1930s in which the dancer imitates the exaggerated jaunty walk of a comic Cockney character of theatrical shows.

Example Sentences

"On her behalf he made a tour of Ireland introducing new dances, and was the first to demonstrate the Lambeth Walk, an adaptation of a dance from Lupino Lane's production "Me and My Girl.""
"The "Lambeth Walk" has become very popular in Kalgoorlie. When Rene Esler and Jerry McMorrow introduced it at a dance there, it proved a great success, and was repeated several times during the evening."
"Boy, you should have seen me doin', doin' the Lambeth Walk."

Etymology

Originally the name of a comic Cockney sketch and song, c. 1901, and later popularised as a dance in the 1937 theatrical production Me and My Girl and 1939 movie The Lambeth Walk; punning on Lambeth Walk, a street in the London suburb of Lambeth.

Inflected Forms

the Lambeth Walk (canonical) Lambeth Walks (plural)

Questions

What does lambeth walk mean?: A dance popular in the late 1930s in which the dancer imitates the exaggerated jaunty walk of a comic Cockney character of theatrical shows.
Where does lambeth walk come from?: Originally the name of a comic Cockney sketch and song, c. 1901, and later popularised as a dance in the 1937 theatrical production Me and My Girl and 1939 movie The Lambeth Walk; punning on Lambeth Walk, a street in the London suburb of Lambeth.

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