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plural boleros
(dance) A lively Spanish dance in 3/4 time; also an unrelated slower-tempo dance of Cuban origin, in 2/4 time. quotations examples
Edward's attention was at first rivetted on two dancers engaged in their graceful national dance, the bolero. What a blessing to a people is a climate that encourages out-of-door amusement!
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], page 335
(fashion) A type of short, buttonless jacket or blouse, open or tied in front and ending at the diaphragm. quotations examples
He took the bolero, which was made of soft angora, and rubbed it up and down his cheek.
2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 175
third-person singular simple present boleros, present participle boleroing, simple past and past participle boleroed
(intransitive) To dance the bolero. examples