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- noun a professional dancing girl in India
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madmouth commented on the word nautch girl
lit. 'dancing girl', used in a derogatory sense by the English to refer to temple dancers and courtesans (as the Raj government considered the ancient classical dances mere vulgarity)
May 24, 2009