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schottische
[ shot-ish ]
noun
- a round dance resembling the polka.
- the music for this dance.
schottische
/ ʃɒˈtiːʃ /
noun
- a 19th-century German dance resembling a slow polka
- a piece of music composed for or in the manner of this dance
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Word History and Origins
Origin of schottische1
1840–50; < German: Scottish (dance)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of schottische1
C19: from German der schottische Tanz the Scottish dance
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Example Sentences
But still, I do sometimes take part in a schottische, count.
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Miss Austin's dance of the Schottische, with double-soled military boots, was excellent.
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Then she brought Tot into her own dainty chamber, where he sat upon a chair and heard an orchestra play a merry schottische.
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The old fiddler strikes up a merry air, and they dance the jenka, a sort of schottische, joyously.
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Some men can only dance the two-step—they don't know the waltz, the polka, or the schottische.
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