taxi dancer

American  

noun

1. a girl or woman employed, as by a dance hall, to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance or for a set period of time.

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Etymology

Origin of taxi dancer

First recorded in 1925–30; so called because such a dancer, like a taxi, is hired for the occasion

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taxi dancer

Gwen Verdon, danseuse distinguee of the U.S. musical stage, is fetchingly exuberant as a taxi dancer searching for a wagon for her unhitched star.

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April Shawhan is a taxi dancer who can't get anywhere with love in Sweet Charity.

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