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Bergamask

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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or Bergomask (from the town of Bergamo in North Italy), a clumsy rustic dance (cf. Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, v. 360) copied from the natives of Bergamo, reputed to be very awkward in their manners.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bergamask'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/bergamask.html. 1910.
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