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bolero (n.)
kind of Spanish dance, 1787, from Spanish, probably from
bola
"ball" (and perhaps with reference to "whirling motion"), from Latin
bulla
(see
bull
(n.2)). In reference to a type of short jacket, it is recorded by 1864.
