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nautch girl

nautch girl noun: a dancing girl who performs the nautch.

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
    • ‘I came about the nautch girl in your harem. Are you man enough to keep her under control?’1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, page 9

Forms of nautch girl

pluralnautch girls

Questions about nautch girl

What does nautch girl mean?
Nautch girl means a dancing girl who performs the nautch.
What part of speech is nautch girl?
Nautch girl is a noun.
What is the plural of nautch girl?
The plural of nautch girl is nautch girls.

Words near nautch girl in the dictionary

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

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