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tonesp
tonesp Member Posts: 844
edited 8. Apr 2011, 19:50 in Community Chit-chat archive
Bowing I can see and do Anyone any idea what scraping is?as in Bowing and Scraping :???: :???: :???: :???:

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  • joanlawson
    joanlawson Member Posts: 8,681
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    I think "Scrape" means to drag the foot along the ground when making the elaborate sort of old-fashioned bow that involves pointing one foot backwards. Thus "to bow and scrape" means "to be elaborately deferential".

    Joan :grin:
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  • livinglegend
    livinglegend Member Posts: 1,425
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    joanlawson wrote:
    I think "Scrape" means to drag the foot along the ground when making the elaborate sort of old-fashioned bow that involves pointing one foot backwards. Thus "to bow and scrape" means "to be elaborately deferential".

    Joan :grin:
    Quite right, Joan.

    'Scraping' refers to the drawing back of the right leg as one bows, in such a way that the right foot scrapes along the floor. While doing such a bow, the man's left hand is pressed horizontally across the abdomen while the right is held out from the body.

    Now they know, I will watch carefully to see if they get it right when people meet me in future.
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