Pirouette cookies

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Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. A turn on one foot propelled by swing of the arm. She pirouetted in front of the mirror. Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005.