taxi dancing

British  

noun

1. a system, as in a dance hall or hotel, whereby a person pays for a partner ( taxi dancer ) for a dance, payment being required for each individual dance during an evening

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Example Sentences

During the 1920s and 1930s, taxi dancing was a popular ticket-a-dance arrangement that operated in closed dance halls.

From Salon

Today, though, with morality up for grabs and corruption setting its sights on loftier goals, the notion of taxi dancing, once thought of as illicit, now seems quaint.

From Salon

“She hired him for the evening. They’re taxi dancing,” she said.

From Salon

Still sleek and jolly, he was observed stuffing pigs' knuckles and sauerkraut, running down a street after a taxi, dancing until 5 a. m. on New Year's Eve.

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