英语词汇taxi dancer的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	taxi dancer
词源	taxi dancer. A woman who dances with partners in a dance hall for a fee, dancing single dances or for an agreed period of time. The expression dates back to the 1930s and is so called because the dancers, like taxi cabs, can be hired, the word taxi at the time having taken on the connotation of “hired.”
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