Read full poem →O man, man, man!
You come to us with your dalliance in the street,
You pay us with your miserable gold,
Dictionary Entry
Playful flirtation; amorous play.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. dalliancebetween dalliancedalliance amorousdalliance sexual
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Poetry examples for “dalliance”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Love loveth. Time is but a span,
The dalliance space of dying man:
And is this all immortals can?
Read full poem →My hate shall outgrow thine, and utterly
I will renounce thy dalliance: and when I
Am the Recusant, in that resolute state, 45
Read full poem →Only for Thee—Oh spurn them not with Thine;
Oh turn thy Face from Dalliance unwise,
Lay not thy Heart's hand on a Minion!