A showgirl is a performer, usually a woman, who works in a theatrical production or a dance show. They often wear elaborate costumes and dance on stage to entertain the audience. Full definition
As a result, Steve finds himself wearing tights and hawking war bonds with a group of showgirls until American agent Patty Carter (Hayley Atwell) offers him an opportunity to prove what he can really do for the war effort. (parentpreviews.com)
Remember Kylie Minogue, the hot Aussie showgirl with sensational vocals?Nearly ten years ago at the age of 37 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. (sophieandtrey.com)
Red Dust (Warner Archive), the 1932 jungle melodrama starring Clark Gable as a rubber plantation foreman in East Asia and Jean Harlow as the street smart showgirl who takes a powder from «Say - gone» (as they call the future Vietnamese city of Saigon) and lands upriver in his primitive plantation manor, is as sexy, frank, and grown - up as pre-code cinema gets. (parallax-view.org)