chorus girl
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of chorus girl
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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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
“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
When he was 2, his mother abandoned the family and, Holbrook later learned, moved to New York City, where she worked as a chorus girl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2021
In that production, she played a hard-living former chorus girl opposite film stars Myrna Loy, Kim Hunter and Alexis Smith.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2020
Mamma and Richard would have a fit and the chorus girl rôle wouldn't suit me, either.
From Molly Brown's Sophomore Days by Speed, Nell
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