单词 | taxi dancer |
释义 | taxi dancern. Originally U.S. Now chiefly historical. A person whose services as a dance partner may be hired, esp. one of a number of women employed to generate custom at a dance venue.In quot. 1926 as the title of a serialized story by R. T. Shannon, from which the 1927 silent film of the same name was adapted. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > couple > partner > professional monkey1871 taxi dancer1926 taxi girl1934 1926 Lincoln (Nebraska) Star 4 June 11/1 (title of story) The Taxi Dancer. 1979 P. Driscoll Pangolin iii. 36 He would simply pay Mama-san Julie..to take one of her taxi dancers home for the night. 2010 A. Urquhart Forgotten Highlander ii. 71 The girls were known as ‘taxi dancers’. To dance with them you had to buy books of tickets and for each dance the girl must receive one ticket. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1926 |
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