polka dot
noun
pol·ka dot
ˈpō-kə-ˌdät 
: a dot in a pattern of regularly distributed dots in textile design
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The cover featured a drawing of a man wearing a thick gold bangle bracelet, hoop earrings and a polka dot bandanna on his head carrying a platter of food and wine.
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Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025
May 15, 2025 Bella Hadid (people’s princess and British Vogue’s June cover star) may be in her horse girl era–all cowboy boots and Miss Sixty denim–but this week, the queen of cowboy chic took a detour straight into ’80s nostalgia, embracing the polka dot mania currently gripping London.
—Olivia Allen, Vogue, 15 May 2025
Two rows of black spots run down its back, and its limbs look covered in white and black polka dots.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
Others are dyeing them with the skin on, while some are using paint, cutting the potatoes in half and carving out one of their sides in stripes, polka dots, flowers or zigzags to be painted in pastel colors and stamped, resulting in Easter egg-looking art.
—Heather Platt, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
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Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 20 May 2025
May 15, 2025 Bella Hadid (people’s princess and British Vogue’s June cover star) may be in her horse girl era–all cowboy boots and Miss Sixty denim–but this week, the queen of cowboy chic took a detour straight into ’80s nostalgia, embracing the polka dot mania currently gripping London.
—Olivia Allen, Vogue, 15 May 2025
Two rows of black spots run down its back, and its limbs look covered in white and black polka dots.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025
Others are dyeing them with the skin on, while some are using paint, cutting the potatoes in half and carving out one of their sides in stripes, polka dots, flowers or zigzags to be painted in pastel colors and stamped, resulting in Easter egg-looking art.
—Heather Platt, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Polka dot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polka%20dot. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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polka dot
noun
pol·ka dot
ˈpō-kə-
: a dot in a textile pattern of evenly spaced dots
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