polka dot
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See also: polka-dot
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
1871, US; named after the polka dance, which was popular at the time (1840–1890). Numerous other things were also named for the dance, but these names have not endured.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
polka dot (plural polka dots)
- Any of a number of uniform round dots, repeated to make a regular geometric pattern on a fabric
- 1871, Godey’s magazine[1], volumes 86-87, page 389:
- …these have entirely disappeared, and we see them with the old time white polka dot, always pretty clean and neat looking.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
uniform round dots forming a pattern on fabric
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Verb[edit]
polka dot (third-person singular simple present polka dots, present participle polka dotting, simple past and past participle polka dotted)
- To cover as with polka dots.
References[edit]
- “All the while doing the Postal Polka Two-Step.”, The Word Detective