chorus girl
Americannoun
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chorus girls
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of chorus girl
First recorded in 1890–95
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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
A U.S. diplomat escorts a chorus girl mistakenly invited to Paris on behalf of American theater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2021
How often have you read of the wonderful luck of some obscure chorus girl, called upon in an emergency to play the leading rôle, and next day proclaimed a star!
From A Star for a Night A Story of Stage Life by Elsie Janis
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