"dance hostess" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: dance hostesses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|es}} dance hostess (plural dance hostesses)
  1. A woman whose occupation is to dance with male clients for a price per dance.
    Sense id: en-dance_hostess-en-noun-rGln~aLJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "ref": "1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 87:",
          "text": "Another of Broadway's most characteristic features is the dance hostess, who works in any one of the six or seven taxi-dance halls that occupy six or seven second floors in buildings on or near the Main Stem.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "A woman whose occupation is to dance with male clients for a price per dance."
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "dance hostess"
}
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        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "es"
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    }
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
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        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 87:",
          "text": "Another of Broadway's most characteristic features is the dance hostess, who works in any one of the six or seven taxi-dance halls that occupy six or seven second floors in buildings on or near the Main Stem.",
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