Bergamask

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

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