Jitterbugging  (noun)

Definition: a very lively type of dance from the 1940s

Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jitterbugging?show=0&t=1397137285

Found in: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Quote: “The two of them didn’t even stop jitterbugging during the intervals. I felt myself shrinking to a small black dot against all those red and white rugs and that pine paneling. I felt like a hole in the ground.” (pg 16)

Here, the word jitterbugging is used to explain the dance that was continued thorough the breaks. You can almost envision Esther sinking to the background as people dance lively around her.

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