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Nautch Dance N Traditional South Asia Performed Professional

Word nautch
Definition n. A traditional dance of South Asia performed by professional dancing girls.
Sentence The songs and dances were good and there was a beautiful nautch girl who would have looked more graceful if they hadn't made her dance in a ten-gallon cowboy hat.
Source Midnight's Children, p. 59

Tags: language::english, topic::vocabulary

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