Meaning & use

Chorine

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A chorus girl, especially a dancer in a musical revue or theatrical chorus line, as termed in older, informal usage.

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In the 1930s film, she played a chorine dreaming of her big break on Broadway.

The old theater posters advertised a troupe of chorines dancing nightly.

A note on using this word

"Chorine" is now largely a dated term, most familiar from early-to-mid 20th-century show business slang and old Hollywood musicals.

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