: of or relating to tap dancing done in soft-soled shoes without metal taps
Examples of soft-shoe in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe two shared a nickname for Satan: Old Slew Foot, a colonial-era sobriquet for the cloven-hoofed devil that spoke to the legendary tap and soft-shoe performer.—Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024 Dressed identically in pale blue suits, bow ties and straw hats, the dancers synchronize blissfully with the music (a soft-shoe tune by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer) and with one another.—Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2023
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