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English
Noun
nautch girl (plural nautch girls)
- A dancing girl who performs the nautch.
1869 February, “Hindoo Fairy Legends”, in The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, page 144:Great was the praise bestowed on the wise parrot, but the incensed nautch-girl said: “Be assured I will get you in my power; and when I do, I will bite off your head.”
1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, page 9:‘I came about the nautch girl in your harem. Are you man enough to keep her under control?’
2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, page 549:...one expected Wrangleresses on the legendary order of Phillippa Fawcett... but certainly not this nautch-girl extravagence of looks and self-possession that Yashmeen presented.
2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, page 47:‘Best kind of native—kept himself busy with his shrub and his nautch-girls and his tumashers.’