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b girl
B-girl
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ˈbiˌgɜrl
/
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bee
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noun
a woman employed by a bar, nightclub, etc., to act as a companion to male customers and induce them to buy drinks.
Origin:
1935–40,
Americanism; probably
b(ar)
1
+
girl
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B-girl
1936, abbreviation of bar girl, U.S. slang for a woman paid to encourage customers at a bar to buy her drinks.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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B-girl
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