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bargirl

UK/ˈbɑː(ɹ)ɡɜː(ɹ)l/

bargirl noun: a woman who works as a hostess in a bar, typically in Southeast Asia and catering to male clients, and who may provide personal entertainment or sexual services.

Noun

bargirl (plural bargirls)

  1. A woman who works as a hostess in a bar, typically in Southeast Asia and catering to male clients, and who may provide personal entertainment or sexual services.
    • San Francisco's local, for example, initially admitted bargirls, but following the public condemnation of bargirls in the late 1930s, the local appointed a committee to investigate the situation.1991, Dorothy Cobble, Dishing It Out, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 126
    Synonyms:
    B-girl, hostess

Synonyms of bargirl

Forms of bargirl

pluralbargirls
alternative abbreviationb-girl
alternative abbreviationB-girl

Origin of bargirl

From bar + girl.

Questions about bargirl

What does bargirl mean?
Bargirl means a woman who works as a hostess in a bar, typically in Southeast Asia and catering to male clients, and who may provide personal entertainment or sexual services.
What part of speech is bargirl?
Bargirl is a noun.
How do you pronounce bargirl?
Bargirl is pronounced /ˈbɑː(ɹ)ɡɜː(ɹ)l/ (UK).
What is the plural of bargirl?
The plural of bargirl is bargirls.

Words near bargirl in the dictionary

  1. Barghouti
  2. barging
  3. barging in
  4. barging into
  5. bargir
  6. bargirl
  7. bargirls
  8. bargirs
  9. bargiss
  10. bargisses
  11. Bargo

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