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One barely working?
Answer for the clue "One barely working? ", 9 letters:
ecdysiast
Alternative clues for the word ecdysiast
Word definitions for ecdysiast in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
H.L. Mencken's invented proper word for "strip-tease artist," 1940, from Greek ekdysis "a stripping or casting off" (used scientifically in English from mid-19c. with reference to serpents shedding skin and molting birds or crustacea), from ekdyein "to ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An erotic dancer who removes their clothes as a form of entertainment; a stripper.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stripper \Strip"per\, n. One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards. (Agric.) A cow that has nearly stopped giving milk, so that it can be obtained from her only by stripping. (Agric.) A harvesting machine that strips the ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music [syn: stripper , striptease artist , striptease , stripteaser , exotic dancer , peeler ]
Usage examples of ecdysiast.
The ecdysiast lifted with the uppercut, her eyes glazed and she sank to the floor.
Once he asked me what an ecdysiast was, pronouncing the word perfectly but carefully, as if it were fragile.
German ecdysiast has the advantage of a law which permits her to expose every last square centimetre of her person provided she does not wiggle it.
Not the spinning silver-eyed ecdysiasts boasting their unnatural virtual accoutrements or the citizens who lapped up the sight of them.
Through the shattered door the bartender and several of the ecdysiasts were visible.
She began talking with the ecdysiasts between numbers, pretending that she was new in town and looking around for a good club to work in.