nautch-girl

The romantic view of imagination is that it is “a plaything and caterer for our amusement, our entertainer, the nautch-girl of the mind.”

Hobbes and Ryle, Kant and Sri Aurobindo Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

The wedding procession is accompanied by drums, fireworks and, if means permit, a nautch-girl.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Persia and the Góndwana; of the _fêtes_ where the nautch-girl of

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 Various

Ruth's, all in gauze; the nautch-girl on the bicycle; six times a day, in the open air, to the sound of tomtoms.

The Bill-Toppers J. Andr�� Castaigne

She had no choice; it was either that or an absolute come-down: the nautch-girl on the bike, at Earl's Court, or else nights of dissipation, champagne and diamonds, like Poland; and Lily, like her Pa in the old days, clenched her fists and gnawed her lip as she went off to the Three Graces, who had their engagement and who would be able to give her some hints.

The Bill-Toppers J. Andr�� Castaigne

Baroda contended in graceful emulation with the nautch-girl of Ulwur, and the cathacks (or male dancers) with both; of elegantly-perfumed

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 Various

They all stand for a moment in a languid and graceful attitude, the music strikes up a fresh air, and each nautch-girl assumes the first position of her dance.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Various

In all my life I have seen but two -- my mother and a nautch-girl -- who cringed to me.

The Native Born or, the Rajah's People 1922

Tessa continued to smoke and dance, posturing like a _nautch-girl_ in front of the wholly unresponsive and unappreciative Monck.

The Lamp in the Desert 1910

"And the nautch-girl whom he had known in Calcutta followed him, hoping to worm from him the secrets which he --"

The Treasure-Train 1908