2. Verb. (third-person singular of polka) ¹
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Definition of Polkas
1. polka [v] - See also: polka
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polkas
Literary usage of Polkas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Musical World (1868)
"2, Contains the following polkas and GALOPS, by CHARLES D'ALBERT:— The Sultan's
Polka. The West-end Polka. The Big Ben Polka. The Lilian Polka. ..."
2. Hurry-graphs: Or, Sketches of Scenery, Celebrities and Society, Taken from Life by Nathaniel Parker Willis (1853)
"... unreached hy Steam and Rails—Ladies' polkas—Statistics of Mackerel Fishery—Three
Prominent Features of the Cape, Grave-Yards, School-Houses and One ..."
3. The Lusiad: An Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, Thomas Moore Musgrave (1826)
"... And the polkas, doom'd by ancient Law Ne'er with the former caste to intermix;
For those who are to one employment born, In holy marriage never can ..."
4. The Religion of Science: Or, The Art of Actualizing Liberty, and of by Calvin Blanchard (1860)
"then, after a short preliminary discipline, systematically arranged her votaries
first into quadrilles, then waltzes, then polkas, &c., &c.; and astonished ..."
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