The Boston refers to various step dances, considered a slow Americanized version of the

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presumably named after where it originated. It is completed in one measure with the weight kept on the same foot through two successive beats. The "original" Boston is also known as the New York Boston or Boston Point. Variations of the Boston include: * The Long Boston also known as the Philadelphia Boston, the Walking Boston or the One Step Waltz. * The

One-Step The One-Step was a ballroom dance popular in social dancing at the beginning of the 20th century.Claude Conyers. 'One-step', in ''Grove Music Online'' (2001) Troy Kinney writes that One-Step originated from the Turkey Trot dance, with all man ...

. * The Short Boston,. * The Dip Boston, also known as Boston dip (steps of the dance were accentuated through a bend of the knees, with the center of gravity "dipping"). * The Spanish Boston * The French Boston * The Herring Bone Boston * The English Boston or Three-Step Boston. * The Four-Step Boston or Four-Step Waltz. * The Five-Step Boston or Five-Step Waltz. * The Seven-Step Boston. * The

Double Boston Double, The Double or Dubble may refer to: Mathematics and computing * Multiplication by 2 * Double precision, a floating-point representation of numbers that is typically 64 bits in length * A double number of the form x+yj, where j^2=+1 * A 2 ...

Cross Boston A cross is a religious symbol consisting of two intersecting lines, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a saltire in ...

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Triple Boston Triple is used in several contexts to mean "threefold" or a " treble": Sports * Triple (baseball), a three-base hit * A basketball three-point field goal * A figure skating jump with three rotations * In bowling terms, three strikes in a row * In ...

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Triple Double Boston Triple is used in several contexts to mean "threefold" or a " treble": Sports * Triple (baseball), a three-base hit * A basketball three-point field goal * A figure skating jump with three rotations * In bowling terms, three strikes in a row * In ...

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Russian Boston Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

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