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nautch girls

nautch girls is the plural 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

Questions about nautch girls

What is nautch girls the plural of?
Nautch girls is the plural of nautch girl.

Words near nautch girls in the dictionary

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

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