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polka dot definition

☆ polka dot (pō′kə, pōl′-)

  1. one of the small round dots regularly spaced to form a pattern on cloth
  2. a pattern or cloth with such dots

Etymology: < polka: from the popularity of the dance in the late 19th c., term applied to various garments, materials, etc.

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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