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ice skate

1. a boot having a steel blade fitted to the sole to enable the wearer to glide swiftly over ice
2. the steel blade on such a boot or shoe
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WORLD famous Russian ice-skaters invited local school children to join in a dancing master class at a North Wales theatre yesterday.
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