40s dance (9)

I believe the answer is:

jitterbug

(Other definitions for jitterbug that I've seen before include "Fast, jerky American dance of the 1940s" , "1940s US dance" , "Lively jazz dance of the 1940s" , "Nervous person" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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