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ˈshowgirl
[show n.1]
1. a. An actress whose role is decorative rather than histrionic.
1836G. Soane (title) Lilian, the show girl. Ibid. (Duncombe ed.) i. ix. 8 The tinsel dress of the poor show girl. 1903‘C. E. Merriman’ Lett. from Son xv. 208 Not quite all the modern Venuses have been corralled for the ‘show-girl’ department of musical comedy. 1923A. Train Children's Children xv. 192 He found it hard to believe that she was an actress, and a show-girl at that. 1936J. Beynon Planet Plane viii. 73 Give a show-girl smile, and everyone is only too glad to have you along. 1960‘N. Shute’ Trustee from Toolroom i. 5 She had gone with a party of show girls..to the Queen's Hotel after the performance. 1977W. M. Spackman Armful of Warm Girl 38 A leathery cousin of his own who when divorced had set up this show girl in a little flat.
b. transf. A mannequin.
1929Punch 17 Apr. 444/3 Not the least interesting thing about these parades is that among the show-girls are many well-known titled heiresses, doing it purely for cigarette-money. 1936J. B. Priestley They Walk in City i. 16 Manniekin. One o' them show girls in the big shops.
2. A girl in charge of a booth at a fair. rare.
1912A. Bennett Matador of Five Towns 91 The showmen and the showgirls and the showboys were titivating their booths. |