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dance hostess

dance hostess noun: a woman whose occupation is to dance with male clients for a price per dance.

Noun

dance hostess (plural dance hostesses)

  1. A woman whose occupation is to dance with male clients for a price per dance.
    • Another of Broadway's most characteristic features is the dance hostess, who works in any one of the six or seven taxi-dance halls that occupy six or seven second floors in buildings on or near the Main Stem.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 87

Forms of dance hostess

pluraldance hostesses

Questions about dance hostess

What does dance hostess mean?
Dance hostess means a woman whose occupation is to dance with male clients for a price per dance.
What part of speech is dance hostess?
Dance hostess is a noun.
What is the plural of dance hostess?
The plural of dance hostess is dance hostesses.

Words near dance hostess in the dictionary

  1. dance games
  2. dance gypsies
  3. dance gypsy
  4. dance hall
  5. dance halls
  6. dance hostess
  7. dance hostesses
  8. dance machine
  9. dance machines
  10. dance mat
  11. dance mats

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