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legshow

legshow noun: an erotic entertainment focusing on the display of women's legs.

Noun

legshow (plural legshows)

  1. An erotic entertainment focusing on the display of women's legs.
    • Doc wanted to go to see a legshow and asked the barkeep. A little fat man with an American flag in the lapel of his coat overheard him and said the best legshow in New York was Minsky's on East Houston Street.1930, John Dos Passos, The 42nd Parallel, page 319
    • In the "Night Club," the legshows and the brandies are over; and all await the next act.1970, Elton Edward Smith, Twayne's English authors series, volume 99, page 95

Forms of legshow

plurallegshows

Origin of legshow

From leg + show.

Questions about legshow

What does legshow mean?
Legshow means an erotic entertainment focusing on the display of women's legs.
What part of speech is legshow?
Legshow is a noun.
What is the plural of legshow?
The plural of legshow is legshows.

Words near legshow in the dictionary

  1. legs around
  2. legs eleven
  3. legs out
  4. legs up
  5. Legsby
  6. legshow
  7. legshows
  8. legside
  9. legsie
  10. legsies
  11. legspan

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