| 单词 | leg business |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleg business leg business n. slang (originally U.S.) (a) theatrical performances featuring dancing girls in revealing costumes; dancing of this kind; cf. leg show n.; (b) ballet dancing, esp. as a profession; cf. leg piece n. (b). ΚΠ 1867 Galaxy Aug. 444 Leo hates the leg business as much as anybody, but, bless you, nothing else pays now-a-days, so what can she do? 1867 Galaxy Aug. 444 Either ballet, or heroic verse; the ‘leg business’ or the brain business. 1871 A. Edwardes Ought we to visit Her? III. i. 11 She was..in the ‘Leg Business’ [sc. she worked as a ballet-dancer], your Grace. 1934 Times of India 1 Sept. 9/7 [The title] ‘Hips, Hips, Hooray!’..may lead you to expect another of those super musical leg displays in which Hollywood loves to indulge. Actually the leg business doesn't loom large at all. 1994 F. E. Dudden Women in Amer. Theatre vii. 173 Logan reopened her critique of the leg business in May 1869, as Thompson's British Blondes were concluding their highly successful New York season. < as lemmas |
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