cracovienne
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Two waltzes," said Trix, counting on her fingers; "that's two; one cracovienne, that's three; les lanciers, that's four; one galop, that's five; and one polka quadrille, that's six.
From A Terrible Secret by May Agnes Fleming
Polish, cracovienne, from Cracow, and varsovienne, from Warsaw.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
I saw Fanny Elssler dance the cracovienne and the cachucha, and it is a memory which will linger with me always.
From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Marian Gouverneur
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