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单词 nautch
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Definition of nautch in English:

nautch

noun nɔːtʃnôCH
  • (in South Asia) a traditional dance performed by professional dancing girls.

    as modifier a nautch girl
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She writes of being a spectator in an exotic world of jugglers, tumblers, snake charmers, fire-eaters, and nautch girls.
    • They would send me portraits of fabulous guys with beards, smoking hookahs and watching nautch girls.
    • Weddings and other festive occasions are observed with much enthusiasm and are often celebrated with feasting, and sometimes with nautch girls.
    • There were performances by the ubiquitous nautch girls.
    • It has the taint of the louche, as did its forebear, the nautch show.
    • They had ceased to patronise the nautch, and in its stead preferred English music or military bands.
    • Nobody would stand around long enough to view a nautch in its entirety.

Origin

From Hindi nāc, from Prakrit nachcha, from Sanskrit nṛtya 'dancing'.

Rhymes

debauch, porch, scorch, torch
 
 

Definition of nautch in US English:

nautch

nounnôCH
  • (in South Asia) a traditional dance performed by professional dancing girls.

    as modifier a nautch girl
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Weddings and other festive occasions are observed with much enthusiasm and are often celebrated with feasting, and sometimes with nautch girls.
    • They would send me portraits of fabulous guys with beards, smoking hookahs and watching nautch girls.
    • She writes of being a spectator in an exotic world of jugglers, tumblers, snake charmers, fire-eaters, and nautch girls.
    • It has the taint of the louche, as did its forebear, the nautch show.
    • Nobody would stand around long enough to view a nautch in its entirety.
    • They had ceased to patronise the nautch, and in its stead preferred English music or military bands.
    • There were performances by the ubiquitous nautch girls.

Origin

From Hindi nāc, from Prakrit nachcha, from Sanskrit nṛtya ‘dancing’.

 
 
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