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单词 polking
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polkingn.

Brit. /ˈpɒlkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpoʊ(l)kɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: polk v., polka v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < either polk v. or polka v. (although both of these are first attested slightly later) + -ing suffix1.
Now rare.
The action or practice of dancing the polka.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > lively dances > [noun] > others
hove-dance1390
tricotee1659
saltarello1724
écossaise1806
fling1806
carmagnole1827
gallopade1831
gallopading1833
polka1837
redowa1843
chicken dance1845
polking1845
schottische1849
Highland or Balmoral Schottische1882
kinkajou1927
knees up, Mother Brown1939
chicken1957
1845 R. Browning Let. 9 June (1898) I. 94 Yet to you I boasted once of polking and waltzing and more.
1848 E. Gray Let. in M. Lutyens Ruskins & Grays (1972) x. 95 I got introduced to good partners and got some good polking.
1853 J. R. Planché Mr. Buckstone's Ascent Mt. Parnassus 30 Each night to some Casino..Where I am pulled by fast young men about And with eternal polking quite worn out.
1924 M. Minnigerode Fabulous Forties iv. 82 Ladies..must never say snooze, pants, gents, seedy, rich for amusing, or ‘polking’ for dancing the polka.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

polkingadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: polk v., polka v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < either polk v. or polka v. + -ing suffix2.
Obsolete.
Of a person: that dances the polka.Apparently an isolated use.
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1856 ‘G. Eliot’ Silly Novels by Lady Novelists in Westm. Rev. Oct. 445 She is a polking polyglott, a Creuzer in crinoline.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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