单词 | hurdy-gurdy girl |
释义 | > as lemmashurdy-gurdy girl hurdy-gurdy girl n. North American History a dance hostess in a hurdy-gurdy house. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > female > professional danceressa1425 dancerc1440 dancing-damsel1606 dancing-wench1698 dancing-girl1762 almeh1786 dancing-woman1810 ronggeng1817 ghazeeyeh1819 hurdy-gurdy girl1865 pony1908 terp1937 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > a prostitute > nightclub or dance-hall hostess hurdy-gurdy girl1865 hostess1931 1860 C. E. De Long in Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. (1931) X. 256 Rode over to young Hill's to see Tom Smith married to a hurdy gurdy.] 1865 Harper's Mag. June 4/1 Hurdy-gurdy girls are singing bacchanalian songs. 1958 P. Berton Klondike Fever Prelude 6 A circus parade of camp-followers crowded in upon them, saloon-keepers, and hurdy-gurdy girls. 1973 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 18 Nov. 12/3 A dance with a ‘hurdy-gurdy’ girl cost £10 a whirl! < as lemmas |
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