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taxi dancer

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noun
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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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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