Ziegfeldn.
/ˈzɪɡfɛld/, /ˈziːɡfɛld/, U.S. /ˈzɪɡˌfɛld/, /ˈziɡˌfɛld/ Used attributively with reference to the follies staged annually by Ziegfeld from 1907 to 1931. Ziegfeld girl n. an actress taking part in such a revue.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > performers in variety, etc. > [adjective] > chorus-girl
Ziegfeld1913
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > performers in variety, etc. > [noun] > chorus-girl
monkey1871
follies1874
Gaiety girl1886
chorus-girl1894
pony1908
chorine1922
Ziegfeld girl1932
les girls1936
terp1937
1913 Green Bk. Jan. 72 Never before was so much beauty shown so much as in this latest of the Ziegfeld nonsensicalities.
1915 New Republic 31 July 336/1 Ziegfeld Follies 1915, a musical comedy produced by F. Ziegfeld Jr.
1917 New Republic 7 July 278/1 If the Ziegfeld chorus were clothed in brown jaegers.., the paucity of the entertainment..would be shockingly revealed.
1923 G. Ade Let. 9 Jan. (1973) 87 Do not permit encores unless actually demanded. This is most important and is the secret of the success of a good Ziegfeld show.
1929 H. Miles tr. P. Morand Black Magic i. 71 Head-dresses worthy of the Ziegfeld Follies.
1932 G. Greene Stamboul Train ii. i. 70 A baronet had married a Ziegfeld girl.
1976 N. Botham & P. Donnelly Valentino iv. 35 He chatted to the Ziegfeld Follies girls.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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