chorine
nounUK /ˈkɔːriːn/ · US /ˈkɔrən/
Etymology From chor(us) + -ine.
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US A female chorus line dancer; a chorus girl.
- Their theatrical performances consisted of buxom chorines, weepy soubrettes, vaudeville acts, and a piano-pounding "professor".1964, John Hendrix, If I Can Do It Horseback: A Cow-Country Sketchbook, page 40:
- Apparently she and Stuffy met on one of his trips to Detroit, where she was working as a chorine in the house revue at the Club Palermo […].2025, Thomas Pynchon, Shadow Ticket, Jonathan Cape, page 58: