nautch
Americannoun
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(in India) an exhibition of dancing by professional dancing girls.
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Also called nautch dance. a sinuous Oriental dance resembling the cooch.
noun
Etymology
Origin of nautch
1800–10; < Hindi nāch < Prakrit nachcha dancing
Example Sentences
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Shaguftah Begum, who lives in Heera Mandi, which translates as the Diamond Market, comes from a long line of nautch dancers.
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2019
Stephen and Cusins playing baccarat and Undershaft living like a second lieutenant just come into a legacy, with nautch girls all complete, is beyond the wildest dreams of Sam Goldwyn.
From Time Magazine Archive
The swiveling required by Baker's latest production would exhaust a nautch dancer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Enter Iqbal Hussain, one of Pakistan's most controversial painters and the bona fide descendant of a long line of nautch.
From Time Magazine Archive
His eyebrows, however, were as seductively arched as a nautch girl’s, his eyelashes so thick he might have been wearing mascara.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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