单词 | taxi dancing |
释义 | taxi dancingn. Originally U.S. Now chiefly historical. The practice of working as a taxi dancer (see taxi dancer n.), or of attending a taxi dance or taxi dances. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ball or dance > [noun] > other balls or dances > participation in taxi dancing1927 1927 Joplin (Missouri) Globe 21 May 9/4 (advt.) Two Big Dances Featuring Harold Phelps and His Imperial Eight... Taxi-Dancing 4 P.M. Regular Dance 9 P.M. A Red Hot Time in a Favorite Summer Resort. 1982 Times 8 Feb. 22/7 The ancient (well, 61-year-old) custom of taxi-dancing has returned in style to New York. 2014 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 5 Feb. 34 Taxi dancing largely disappeared from the city after a crackdown on dance halls by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and the changing customs following World War II. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1927 |
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