item number

English

Noun

item number (plural item numbers)

  1. (India) An upbeat musical number within a film, accompanied by a provocative dance sequence performed by attractive women, or "item girls".
    • 2012, Tilak Rishi, Bless You Bollywood!, page 97:
      The vampy item girls were thus outpaced by the heroines performing item numbers.
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