B-girl U.S. slang.
(ˈbiːgɜːl)
[Abbrev. of bar-girl (bar n.1 29 c).]
A woman employed to encourage customers to buy drinks at a bar.
| 1936 San Francisco News 31 July 3/6 No B Girls buzzing around you here to sip tea you think is a highball. 1938 True Story Dec. 66/2 ‘B-girls?’ I repeated, ‘What are they?’..‘That's just short for bar girls.’ 1964 ‘F. Archer’ Out of Blue (1966) v. 76 If I stand here, I'm a waitress, see? If I sit down, I'm a B-girl, and this joint doesn't pay for that kind of protection. |