polkv.
/pɒlk/, U.S. /poʊ(l)k/ colloquial (now rare).
intransitive. = polka v.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > lively dances > [verb (intransitive)] > specific lively dances
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1845 M. J. Higgins in New Monthly Mag. Oct. 161 He waltzes smoothly, and gallops rapidly, and polks intricately.
1852 Fraser's Mag. 46 704 He..waltzed and polked with their daughters.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. ii. xi. 207 I shall not waltz or polk with any one.
1999 J. Pease & W. Pease Family Women vi. 61 It was not the dance itself but rather the association with those who ‘polked’ that made doing so objectionable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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