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nautch-girl

nautch-girl is the alternative form of nautch girl.

Meaning of nautch girl

Noun

nautch girl (plural nautch girls)

  1. (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia, Sri-Lanka) A dancing girl who performs the nautch.
    • Great was the praise bestowed on the wise parrot, but the incensed nautch-girl said: “Be assured I will get you in my power; and when I do, I will bite off your head.”1869 February, “Hindoo Fairy Legends”, in The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, page 144

Forms of nautch-girl

pluralnautch-girls

Questions about nautch-girl

What is nautch-girl the alternative form of?
Nautch-girl is the alternative form of nautch girl.

Words near nautch-girl in the dictionary

  1. nautankis
  2. Nautas
  3. nautch
  4. nautch girl
  5. nautch girls
  6. nautch-girl
  7. nautch-girls
  8. nautches
  9. nauther
  10. nautic
  11. nautical

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