polka dot
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See also: polka-dot
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
1871, US; named after the polka dance, which was popular at the time (1840–1890). Numerous composites were formed posterior, but those names have not endured.
Pronunciation
Noun
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, 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
Translations
uniform round dots forming a pattern on fabric
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Verb
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
- “All the while doing the Postal Polka Two-Step.”, The Word Detective