Highland fling

English Noun A solo dance of the Scottish Highlands. II 3 When Dandy Dinmont, after executing two or three caprioles, and cutting the Highland-fling, by way of ridicule of his wife's anxiety, at last deigned to sit down, and commit his round, black, shaggy bullet of a head to her inspection. en 1907 1980 w:Barbara Baynton Human Toll Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton Sally Krimmer; Alan Lawson University of Queensland Press St Lucia 185 She had never danced a step in her life, but that experienced girl capering with circus grace in the Highland fling would, she knew, be as nothing to her given such inspiriting music. en 1918 Norman Lindsay Norman Lindsay The Magic Pudding Angus and Robertson Sydney 156 The artichokes bounded up and downOn top of the pumpkins' heads,And the cabbage was dancing the highland flingAll over the onion beds. Further reading Highland Fling en Dances