hootchy-kootchy:

Or: hootchie-kootchie / hootchy-coochie / hoochy-koochy / coochee-coochee :

1. Originally, a belly dance performed at the Worlds Columbian Exposition in 1893 by Fahreda Mahzar known as Little Egypt. Her writhing antics inspired the fairs public relations man , Sol Bloom, to compose one of the eras best-selling songs, The Hootchy Kootchy Dance .

2. A female burlesque or circus dancer.

See Also: coochee-coochee, hootchy-kootchy

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