cooch

[ kooch ]

/ kutʃ /

a sinuous, quasi-Oriental dance performed by a woman and characterized chiefly by suggestive gyrating and shaking of the body.

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Also called cooch dance, hootchy-kootchy, cooch·ie-cooch·ie

[koo-chee-koo-chee]. /ˈku tʃiˈku tʃi/.

First recorded in 1940–45; apparently short forhootchy-kootchy

For his final push, Cooch is bringing in Rand Paul and Marco Rubio.
Virginia Is for Sanity Lovers|Michael Tomasky|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It was that of the Maharajah of Cooch Bahar that was playing in the gardens this afternoon.
Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water|Lady (Ethel Gwendoline [Moffatt]) Vincent
The contrast between the desolate territories of Bootan, and the sheet of cultivation presented by Cooch Behar was striking.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The|William Griffith
Around us the restful though tame scenery of the little Cooch Behar State.
Life in an Indian Outpost|Gordon Casserly

At the time of this visit the Maharajah was the only member of the family in Cooch Behar.
Life in an Indian Outpost|Gordon Casserly
In 1772 they carried off the Maharajah of Cooch Behar as a prisoner.
Life in an Indian Outpost|Gordon Casserly