† polkistn.
Obsolete.
A person accomplished at dancing the polka.
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polkist1844
1844 E. J. Knox Let. 11 Oct. in A. E. Blake Mem. Vanished Generation (1909) viii. 222 I am sure you would soon be a distinguished polkist.
1846 G. Warburton Hochelaga I. 93 Some of them are the best waltzers and polkistes I have ever seen.
1858 A. Trollope Three Clerks II. i. 10 M. Jaquêtanápes is the most delicious polkist you ever met... He has got a new back step that will quite amaze you.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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