Charleston

name

Etymology: From Charles + -ton. The places are named after various men named "Charles"; see definitions below.

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   “Dans told CNN he will formally launch his campaign with a prayer breakfast Wednesday in Charleston.”

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13. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
14. A village in Angus council area, Scotland; after Charles Henderson, proprietor of the village's land before its formation (OS grid ref NO3845).
15. A suburb of Dundee, City of Dundee council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO3532).
16. A town in South Australia.
17. A coastal village south of Westport, West Coast, New Zealand.
18. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Charles + -ton. The places are named after various men named "Charles"; see definitions below.

1. A dance named for the city of Charleston, South Carolina.

   “Dubbed “the Black Venus”, she danced the charleston in nothing but a string of pearls and a skirt made of 16 rubber bananas, performed with a snake wrapped suggestively round her neck, strolled down the Champs-Élysées with her pet cheetah, and became an international superstar. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/28/dancer-singer-spy-frances-pantheon-to-honour-josephine-baker”

verb

1. To dance the Charleston.

   “The Cambridge professor was charlestoning madly with a well-built woman in a backless evening dress; there were dark patches under his arms where the sweat had soaked through his suit.”

   “[…] in the Jazz Age she shook, shimmied and charlestoned whilst men just ogled.”