cooch
noun
variants or cootch
ˈküch
plural -es
: a dance performed by women that was once common in carnivals and fairs and marked by a sinuous and often suggestive twisting and shaking of the torso and limbs
a roving carnival cooch dancer
Frank Barton
Frank Bartona circus cooch show
Word History
Etymology
by shortening & alteration from earlier hootchy-kootchy