Nixonette
Nixonette noun: a young woman who performed as a dancer/cheerleader at campaign rallies for Richard Nixon.
Noun
Nixonette (plural Nixonettes)
- A young woman who performed as a dancer/cheerleader at campaign rallies for Richard Nixon.
- The entrance to the hotel was flanked, as if it were the doors of a potentate’s private suite, with two bands and the high-kicking Nixonettes.1969, David English and the Staff of the London Daily Express, Divided They Stand, London: Michael Joseph Ltd, →ISBN, page 285
- At the Republican convention the nominee was staying in Key Biscayne, but you could not get in the Doral because you might assassinate a Nixonette.[…]I wanted to tell a Nixonette that it was a well-known fact that McGovern is anti-music and his advisors are still trying to decide his stand on the...1972, “August 1972”, in Patty Newman, editor, Perched Like a Weather Vane, San Diego, Calif.: World Research, Inc., pages 89–90
Forms of Nixonette
| plural | Nixonettes |
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Origin of Nixonette
From Nixon + -ette.
Questions about Nixonette
- What does Nixonette mean?
- Nixonette means a young woman who performed as a dancer/cheerleader at campaign rallies for Richard Nixon.
- What part of speech is Nixonette?
- Nixonette is a noun.
- What is the plural of Nixonette?
- The plural of Nixonette is Nixonettes.
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