bar girl

American  

noun

1. a barmaid.

2. B-girl.

3. a female prostitute who frequents bars in search of customers.

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bar girl British  

noun

1. an attractive girl employed by the management of a bar to befriend male customers and encourage them to buy drinks

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Etymology

Origin of bar girl

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

He played John, a marine who introduces the show’s doomed lovers — his sergeant friend and a Vietnamese bar girl — and later becomes an advocate for the abandoned children of American servicemen and local women.

From New York Times

The bar girl greeted them and said there was no beer.

From Literature

Marine and a teenage bar girl in 1975 Vietnam share an ill-fated romance in this musical inspired by Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly.”

From Los Angeles Times

Though the rules bar girls from tackle football or rugby, teams in those sports would not be barred from playing against a non-diocesan team with a female athlete.

From New York Times

The flimsiness of arguments against women’s participation was on display in the desperate legal efforts of Little League to bar girls after a string of lawsuits in 1973.

From New York Times