hatcheck girl

Meanings

nounhatcheck girl (plural hatcheck girls)

A woman who works at a hatcheck.
The thudding rhythm and the sour-sweet smell rocked them as they pushed through the heavy curtains inside the swing door. The eyes of the hat-check girls glowed and beckoned.
1954, Ian Fleming, “Table Z”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 54

nouna female checker

Similar

check girl

Broader

checker womanadult female

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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