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polka-dot

polka-dot is the alternative form of polka dot.

Meaning of polka dot

Noun

polka dot (plural polka dots)

  1. Any of a number of uniform round dots, repeated to make a regular geometric pattern on a fabric.
    • …these have entirely disappeared, and we see them with the old time white polka dot, always pretty clean and neat looking.1871, Godey’s magazine, volumes 86-87, page 389

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Forms of polka-dot

Noun
pluralpolka-dots
Verb
third-person singular presentpolka-dots
present participlepolka-dotting
past participlepolka-dotted
pastpolka-dotted

Phrases with polka-dot

Questions about polka-dot

What is polka-dot the alternative form of?
Polka-dot is the alternative form of polka dot.

Words near polka-dot in the dictionary

  1. polka dots
  2. polka dotted
  3. polka dotting
  4. polka jacket
  5. polka jackets
  6. polka-dot
  7. polka-dot plant
  8. polka-dot plants
  9. polka-dot wasp moth
  10. polka-dot wasp moths
  11. polka-dots

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