mazourka
- a variation of mazurka.
Example Sentences
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"And here's my piano, too, and open!" she finished gaily, dropping herself upon the piano stool and dashing into a brilliant mazourka.
From Miss Billy by Porter, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman)
To her the Pyramids and Niagara, a tropical thunderstorm, a mazourka by Chopin, and a Parisian bonnet, were all alike charming.
From The Lovels of Arden by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
"Is a mazourka as bad as a polka?"
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 by Various
The only reply was a furious mazourka of all the dishes on the table.
From Men, Women, and Ghosts by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart
The quadrille had ended, and as, at the request of one of the guests, the band played a brilliant mazourka, numerous couples took their places on the floor.
From Beulah by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)