chorus girl
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of chorus girl
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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At the end of the musical “Chicago,” Roxie Hart, a chorus girl who has been charged with murdering her lover, is declared not guilty.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 29, 2024
Stevens won a Golden Globe for her 1959 film debut as a chorus girl in Say One for Me, which also starred Bing Crosby and Debbie Reynolds.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2023
She hoped to become an actress, in the years before World War I, but ended up in secondary roles, often as a chorus girl.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2022
It generated nothing but publicity for her, which may be just what the Ziegfeld Follies chorus girl wanted.
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2021
She came to the United States from London about 1890 and became a chorus girl at Koster and Bial's in New York.
From Famous Prima Donnas by Strang, Lewis Clinton
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