item number

noun

An upbeat musical number within a film, accompanied by a provocative dance sequence performed by attractive women, or "item girls".

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Meanings

nounitem number (plural item numbers)

plural item numbers

  1. IndiaAn upbeat musical number within a film, accompanied by a provocative dance sequence performed by attractive women, or "item girls".

    The vampy item girls were thus outpaced by the heroines performing item numbers.

    2012, Tilak Rishi, Bless You Bollywood!, page 97
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “item number,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/item%20number.

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