Pous*sette" (?), n. [F., pushpin, fr. pousser to push. See Push.]
A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance.
Dickens.
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Pous*sette", v. i.
To perform a certain movement in a dance.
[R.]
Tennyson.
Down the middle, up again, poussette, and cross.
J. & H. Smith.
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