hokey-cokey
(ˈhəʊkɪˈkəʊkɪ)
[Cf. hokee-pokee.]
A kind of dance.
| [1943 Dancing Times Sept. 570/2, I found a party-dance that was quite new to me. Locally it was (inaccurately) called the ‘Hokey Pokey’... The correct name is ‘Cokey Cokey’... The chorus runs:..You do the Cokey Cokey and turn around That's what it's all about.] 1966 Crescendo Jan. 23/1 ‘The next dance will be a Veleta’ is about my lot, and even then I'm likely to say ‘Hokey-Cokey’. 1967 Ibid. May 10/3 Your bandleader must present all the ritual party dances including, of course, an ever popular Hokey Cokey. 1967 Listener 2 Nov. 587/1 It turned out to be a strong dose of barn-dance and hokey-cokey. 1972 Sunday Express 2 Jan. 15/1 (heading) Hokey-cokey at the club forces family to sleep in tent. Ibid. 15/4 It was 1.30 a.m. at the county council's staff social club and they were dancing the hokey-cokey. |