Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A woman employed by a bar to encourage customers to spend money freely.
Wiktionary
- n. A woman employed to talk to customers in a bar and encourage them to buy drinks.
- n. A female person who performs breakdance; a breaker
- n. A female member of the hip-hop subculture
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a woman employed by a bar to act as a companion to men customers
Etymologies
- Probably abbreviated from bar girl. (Wiktionary)
- b(ar)1 + girl. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Without so much as a rune or magic potion, she had turned herself from a B-girl in Philly to a virtuoso of the concubinal arts.”
“In an effort to sanitize Paramount's portrait of a demimondaine, the studio publicity department churned out reams of flapdoodle, defining Holly as a "kook" rather than a B-girl.”
“The B-girl Be Block Party will showcase dance, live mural painting, film, a spoken world slam and an art marketplace.”
“This year the B-girl Be organizers will have the power to literally choose the belle of the ball.”
“The B-girl Be festival is the only arts festival in the world solely dedicated to the contributions of women in hip-hop.”
“Intermedia Arts, located in Minneapolis, has unleashed the mother of all hip-hop festivals; B-girl Be.”
“She is exceptionally well-dressed for a B-girl, in an elegant black evening dress with a plunging neckline.”
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
“Scott suggested using the familiar Hollywood strategy of "indirection" to portray Ginny as "a B-girl, working in a barroom.”
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
“Thus, the photo still for Rowe Vending Cigarette Machines features B-girl Ginny (Gloria Grahame), smiling, leaning into the cigarette machine, in a low-cut black gown, while the photo for Modern Hygiene Vacuum Cleaners features good wife Mary (Jacqueline White) in a house dress and heels next to an easy chair, holding the vacuum hose.”
Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
“Good story and beautiflly photographed, also features an aging Mary Astor as a jaded B-girl and a very young Janet Leigh. boblipton says:”
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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Brochettes of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for words or phrases that haven't yet found a place in one or more of my other lists.
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Tweets
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ruzuzu Also, wasn't there a character like this in A Confederacy of Dunces? Jan 3, 2012
ruzuzu There's a great Gillian Welch song about barroom girls. Jan 3, 2012
hernesheir b(ar)1 + girl. --from the Etymologies. Jan 3, 2012