ghazeeyehn.
/ɡəˈziːjeɪ/ An Egyptian dancing-girl.
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1819 T. Hope Anastasius I. xv. 325 A knot of ghazie distorted their limbs into as uncouth postures as if they had been frogs themselves.
1877 Encycl. Brit. VII. 727/1 The Ghawázee (sing. Gházeeyeh) form a separate class.
1964 W. G. Raffé Dict. Dance 198/1 Ghawazee or Ghazeeyeh (Egypt, Modern Arabian), the professional public dancing girls.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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