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noun
A kind of erotic dance similar to a belly dance, formerly performed at carnivals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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noun
Something suggestive or sexualized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive
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History
Unknown. Attested from the 1890s. Compare kouta kouta dance, a similar belly dance also attested from the 1890s. Possibly influenced by forms such as honky-tonk (from 1880s), hula-hula (from 1820s), or hurdy-gurdy (from 1740s). Later forms coochie, cooch appear to derive from hootchy-kootchy.
