show girl
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of show girl
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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"My mum was a show girl, a dancer in the can-can," says Johnson-Thompson.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2021
A New York show girl is discovered by a big movie producer and is taken to Hollywood to become the next big star.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2020
She was a show girl - it figures, because handler Bruce Sussman co-wrote "Copacabana" with Barry Manilow.
From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2010
Little Me stars Sid Caesar in seven roles�all the men in the farcical saga of Belle Poitrine, the ail-American show girl originally lampooned in Patrick Dennis' novel.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was strolling down Broadway the other afternoon with Oscar when we happened to meet Miss Sabrina, the show girl.
From The Sorrows of a Show Girl by McGaffey, Kenneth
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