DCHP-2
dancing ground DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a well-worn patch of elevated prairie where prairie chickens habitually congregate for their mating ritual or dance.
See also: dance hall (def. 3)
- 1958 Good dancing grounds are often almost bare of grass. . . . Finding a dancing ground in good sharptail country is not difficult, and the experience of watching a dance . . . will more than repay the observer for very early rising.
- 1958 Good dancing grounds are often almost bare of grass. . . . Finding a dancing ground in good sharptail country is not difficult, and the experience of watching a dance . . . will more than repay the observer for very early rising.