bargirl
English
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Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)ɡɜː(ɹ)l/
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Noun
bargirl (plural bargirls)
- A female who works as a hostess in a bar, typically in Southeast Asia and catering to male clients, and who may provide personal entertainment or sexual services.
- Synonyms: B-girl, hostess
- Hyponym: juicy girl
- 1991, Dorothy Cobble, Dishing It Out, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 126:
- San Francisco's local, for example, initially admitted bargirls, but following the public condemnation of bargirls in the late 1930s, the local appointed a committee to investigate the situation.
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