redowa
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of redowa
1855–60; < French rédowa or German Redowa < Czech rejdovák, derivative of rejdovat to steer, wheel about
Example Sentences
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“Oh, very! His hair is auburn, not red, and he was very polite, and I had a delicious redowa with him.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
If you can imagine the Corsair, whirling in a rapid redowa with Medora," Miss Oleander afterward said, "you have Mr. Walraven and myself.
From The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week by Fleming, May Agnes
It is thoroughly French, bringing in the waltz, polka, schottische, mazurka, and redowa.
From Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 by Roe, Frances Marie Antoinette Mack
In Paris next enchained it held me, Through redowa, waltz, all sorts of dances; But mask and domino repelled me— She moved, but I made no advances.
From Mathieu Ropars: et cetera by Young, William
The polka redowa and the polka mazourka are modifications of this step to different times.
From Manners and Social Usages by Sherwood, Mrs. John M. E. W.
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