Meaning of taxi dancer | Babel Free

Definitions

A woman who works as a professional dance partner in a dancehall that charges customers a price per dance.

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“They apparently remain⟳ taxi-dancers for only about a year or two[.]”

“Historically taxi-dancers were considered immoral women by the reformers of the nineteen-teens and twenties both because they participated with strangers in an activity generally reserved for established couples and because some engaged in various forms of prostitution.”

“Like⟳ waitresses, taxi dancers, women who danced with male customers for a small fee, created a cooperative atmosphere with each other both in the closed dance⟳ halls in which they worked and outside of the workplace.”

“At times, taxi dancers were observed arriving at the club in the front seat of the cab, which suggested a relationship with the hack man.”

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