Maud happened to be playing a redowa up in the parlor, and.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Old-Fashioned Girl] Reference

The polka redowa and the polka mazourka are modifications of this step to different times.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manners and Social Usages] Reference

Ashburner had seen Edwards driving a magnificent trotter about Oldport, but could not exactly fancy him outside of a horse, and conjectured that he would not make quite so good a figure as when leading the redowa down.    From Wordnik.com.  [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference

There was the streaming of lamps and chandeliers, the swell of enchanting music, the whirl of the fascinating polka, redowa or mazurka, while throngs of richly attired and lovely women were constantly enhancing the magnificence of the scene by their arrival.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edmond Dantès] Reference

Of these, the best known, which I might mention, are the tarantella of the Neapolitans, the bolero and fandango of the Spaniards, the mazurka and cracovienna of Poland, the cosack of Russia, the redowa of Bohemia, the quadrille and cotillion of France, the waltz, polka and gallopade of Germany, the reel and sword dance of Scotland, the minuet and hornpipe of England, the jig of Ireland, and the last to capture America is the tango.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen] Reference

"Mademoiselle, you promised me the first redowa," and a young man took.    From Wordnik.com.  [Renée Mauperin] Reference

Her perfumed skirts brushed him as she flew by in the redowa, but she never looked up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel] Reference

I 'm going to begin with a redowa, because the girls like it, and it 's better fun than square dances.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Old-Fashioned Girl] Reference

Sir Everard gave it up and went in search of Miss Hunsden, and was accepted by that young lady for a redowa.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Baronet's Bride] Reference

"Now I 'm going to get Sherry, or some of the fellows that do the redowa well, so you can have a real good go before the music stops.".    From Wordnik.com.  [An Old-Fashioned Girl]

Looking much gratified, Tom produced the stump of a lead-pencil, and wrote his name with a flourish, saying, as he gave it back, "Now I 'm going to get Sherry, or some of the fellows that do the redowa well, so you can have a real good go before the music stops.".    From Wordnik.com.  [An Old-Fashioned Girl] Reference

Maud happened to be playing a redowa up in the parlor, and Polly came prancing into the room so evidently spoiling for a dance that Tom, who was there, found it impossible to resist catching her about the waist, and putting her through the most intricate evolutions till Maud's fingers gave out.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Old-Fashioned Girl] Reference

"I don't care for the redowa, anyway," Medora explained; "and I didn't want to dance with the man that was moving along in my direction to ask me.    From Wordnik.com.  [Under the Skylights] Reference

Darrell, you'll not forget you're engaged to me for the redowa, ".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Terrible Secret] Reference

His hair is auburn, not red, and he was very polite, and I had a delicious redowa with him. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Little Women] Reference

Here is our redowa, Miss.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Baronet's Bride] Reference

"What a good redowa!".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Potiphar Papers] Reference

What a lovely polka-redowa! ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Potiphar Papers] Reference

Joliette and Louise in the redowa yonder? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Edmond Dantès] Reference

It is thoroughly French, bringing in the waltz, polka, schottische, mazurka, and redowa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888] Reference