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
“I was a chorus girl with a big skirt and a big wig, singing way too loud,” she recalled in a 1990 interview with the San Francisco Chronicle.
From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2022
“I was a chorus girl with a big skirt and a big wig, singing way too loud. Angelo was doing the music for the show, and we became friends.”
From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2022
If your chorus girl theory is the right dope, you were in on it, too.
From In the Onyx Lobby by Wells, Carolyn
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