he was paired with a perky chorine named Ginger Rogers
chorine in American English
(ˈkɔrˌin)
US
noun
Informal
chorus girl
Word origin
chorus + -ine2
chorine in American English
(ˈkɔrɪn, ˈkourin)
noun
a chorus girl
Word origin
[1920–25, Amer.; chor(us) + -ine2]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: follow-up, self-service, ski jump, superpower, zipper-ine is a suffix, of no assignable meaning, appearing in nouns of Greek, Latin, or Frenchorigin. Other words that use the affix -ine include: doctrine, famine, routine
Examples of 'chorine' in a sentence
chorine
Pop-eyed and slightly frowsy, she turns the long-suffering chorine into a study in soft-hearted ditzhood.