Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A B-girl.
  • noun A barmaid.

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  • noun A female who works as a hostess in a bar, typically in Southeast Asia and catering to male clients, and who may provide personal entertainment or sexual services.

Etymologies

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bar +‎ girl

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Examples

  • The bargirl was standing there, waiting for an answer.

    Pathfinder Orson Scott Card 2010

  • I asked the bargirl for a maraschino cherry so I could chew the stem.

    The Gin Closet Leslie Jamison 2010

  • “You looked like you were plotting to overthrow the Council,” said the bargirl with a smile.

    Pathfinder Orson Scott Card 2010

  • When he repeated my request to the bargirl, he was forceful and assured, as if he understood exactly why I needed it like that.

    The Gin Closet Leslie Jamison 2010

  • She had gone away to work, though not as a bargirl.

    Villa Incognito Robbins, Tom 2003

  • Danny saw the wood rafters, the window, a bargirl standing, mouth open, watching them, the drunken man and his daughter, then a blurry, watery confusion as his eyes went dim.

    My Shipmate—Columbus Stephen Marlowe 1968

  • Wood broke up with Russian bargirl Ekaterina Ivanova last month following a relationship lasting nearly a year and a half.

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2010

  • Wood broke up with Russian bargirl Ekaterina Ivanova last month following a relationship lasting nearly a year and a half.

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2010

  • Let's just say it all works out in a remarkably not that convoluted way considering how insane the window-dressing is for the rest of this story, and The People eventually settle on Earth with The Momma as a Fishwife, Emily as a bargirl in a pub and Elmer as a traffic warden.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • The Rolling Stone walked out on Jo after 23 years of marriage last summer and started a new relationship with bargirl Ekaterina Ivanova, now 20.

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2009

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