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noun (fackeltí¤nze)
- (music) a kind of polonaise, associated with German royal wedding celebrations
- 1962: afterwards he drove her and her cousins (two guardsmen disguised as flowergirls) in his divine new convertible through the streets to see the tremendous birthday illumination, and the in the park, and the fireworks, and the pale upturned faces. " Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
Etymology: German Fackeltanz, literally "torch-dance".
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