Definitionn. a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt
Last update: July 17, 2015
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In place of the belted kilt of the men we find a belted panier or polonaise, considerably elongated in front, worn by Aegean women; and Mackenzie shows that this was repeated several times until it formed the compound skirt with a number of flounces which is represented on many Mycenaean gems. On a fresco discovered at Phaestus (Hagia Triada) (fig. [Please select]
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It was the intricate but altogether tuneful Ballade and Polonaise by Vieuxtemps. [Please select]
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And you know that Polonaise, with the one eye-glass, that lives in Papeite, that Krajewsky. [Please select]
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The men began to choose partners and take their places for the polonaise. [Please select]
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More than half the ladies already had partners and were taking up, or preparing to take up, their positions for the polonaise. [Please select]
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The band played the polonaise in vogue at that time on account of the words that had been set to it, beginning: "Alexander, Elisaveta, all our hearts you ravish quite." [Please select]
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