valeta
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of valeta
from Spanish veleta weather vane
Example Sentences
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"You are pledged for a minuet and a valeta with me—you remember?"
From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
Then Lettie cried a change of partners, and they took their valeta.
From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
She made me take her through a valeta, a minuet, a mazurka, and she danced elegantly, but with a little of Carmen's ostentation—her dash and devilry.
From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
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