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General Slang
Lay Some Iron
/leɪ sʌm ˈaɪərn/ · phrase · slang
To tap-dance, to lay down some hot footwork on the floor.
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Definitions
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Used as a call to start dancing in earnest.
“The band's cooking, time to lay some iron.”
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2
By extension, to dance hard and show off your footwork.
“Clear the floor and let the kid lay some iron.”
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3
To tap-dance, the metal taps being the 'iron' laid against the floor.
“Bojangles could lay some iron like nobody else.”
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Lay Some Iron In A Sentence
Those hoofers laid some iron till the boards smoked.
He laid some iron on the Apollo stage and brought the house down.
Come on, gate, lay some iron for the folks.
Origin & Usage
1930s-40s Harlem jive slang, found in Cab Calloway's 'Hepster's Dictionary' as meaning to tap-dance. The 'iron' referred to the metal taps fixed to a dancer's shoes.
Variants
lay iron
People Also Ask
What does 'lay some iron' mean?
It means to tap-dance, laying the metal taps of your shoes against the floor.
Where did 'lay some iron' come from?
From 1930s-40s Harlem jive, recorded in Cab Calloway's 'Hepster's Dictionary.'
Why 'iron'?
Because of the metal taps on a dancer's shoes that struck the floor.
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