I refused to make so much as a curtsey for the passing nobles, as I am a staunch egalitarian.

The hotel's staff never curtsied, nodded, or bowed to the owner as she passed, as they were staunch egalitarians.

1890, James Russell Lowell, Address in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America
But DANTE was a great genius, and language curtseys to its natural Kings.

1903, W.E.B. DuBois, The Souls of Black Folk
He curtsied low, and then bowed almost to the ground, with an imperturbable gravity that seemed almost suspicious.

1908, Caroline Crawford, Folk Dances and Games
The gentleman bows and the lady curtesys (measure eight).

Curtsey

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