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taxi dancer

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taxi dancer
n.
A woman employed, as by a dance hall or nightclub, to dance with the patrons for a fee.

[From the fact that the dancers are hired, like taxis, for a short period of time.]
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Noun1.taxi dancer - a woman employed to dance with patrons who pay a fee for each dance
dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean - a performer who dances professionally


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As seen in the 2005 Merchant-Ivory film, The White Countess, set in the 1930s, Shanghai was famous for its beautiful, aristocratic Russian women, once wealthy and trained in classical ballet, who now worked as taxi dancers or prostitutes.
 
 
 
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