A negro dance.
1807–8. As to dancing, no Long-Island negro could shuffle you “double trouble,” or “hoe corn and potatoes” more scientifically.—W. Irving, ‘Salmagundi,’ p. 79. (N.E.D.)
1809. He likewise ordered that the ladies, and indeed the gentlemen, should use no other step in dancing than shuffle and turn, and double trouble.—The same, ‘A History of New-York’ (1812), ii. 167.
1903. “A negro dancing step,” still used in Southern Missouri.—‘Dialect Notes,’ ii. 312.
