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 seed from the stalks of grain plants.
a solvent or chemical solution used to remove coatings of paint, varnish, lacquer, etc. prior to refinishing a surface.
a person (usually a woman) who strips off her clothes as an entertainment performance; one who does a strip-tease; -- also called an ecdysiast, exotic dancer, or strip-teaser.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context euphemistic English) A stripper. 2 (context euphemistic English) A pole dancer. 3 (context euphemistic English) A belly dancer.
WordNet
n. a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music [syn: stripper, striptease artist, striptease, stripteaser, ecdysiast, peeler]
a woman who performs a solo Oriental dance using exaggerated abdominal movements [syn: belly dancer, exotic belly dancer]
Wikipedia
Exotic Dancer (29 March 2000 – 2 April 2009) was a French-bred National Hunt racehorse, who was trained by Jonjo O'Neill. He had a famous rivalry with Kauto Star but never beat him.
In April 2005, Exotic Dancer finished seventh in the World Hurdle at Cheltenham and as a 50/1 outsider finished third in the Grade 1 Aintree Hurdle at Aintree. In December 2005 he had his first win in a novice chase at Cheltenham.
Exotic Dancer had a successful 2006/07 season with three victories at Cheltenham, in the Paddy Power Gold Cup, Boylesports.com Gold Cup and an 18 length victory in the Letheby and Christopher Chase. However the horse finished second in both King George VI Chase and Cheltenham Gold Cup both times behind Kauto Star. He ended the season with victory at Aintree where he won the Betfair Bowl.
In the 2007/08 season Exotic Dancer ran five times, on each occasion beaten by Kauto Star including the King George VI Chase where Exotic Dancer finished third.
Exotic Dancer began the 2008/09 season with two place finishes before completing a 20 length victory in the Lexus Chase in December 2008, the horse's first win in 20 months.
A contender to win the 2009 John Smith's Grand National, Exotic Dancer was pulled out to concentrate on other races.
Exotic Dancer's final race was the Totesport Bowl at Aintree on Thursday 2 April 2009. He started 3 to 1 as the second favourite and finished second to Madison Du Berlais. Shortly after the race, Exotic Dancer died of a heart attack in his box stall.
Usage examples of "exotic dancer".
When I said Jane Doe's acceptance of our help seemed significant, he beamed at me and said that her muscle tone, the rich trimness of her figure, her acceptance of the situation all seemed to point to some aspect of the entertainment world, probably one of the more sleazy segments of it, a so-called exotic dancer, a hinterland belly dancer, a bunny at one of the more permissive key clubs, a singer on one of the little cut-rate cruise ships.
The court battle was protracted and very expensive, so Erin decided to try out as an exotic dancer, which paid better than clerical work.
When his turn in the stall was finally over, and he made way for an exotic dancer who was one of the glamour-riders with the fanderbag act, the vatch was practically glowing with happiness as it popped away.
One is pitching balls but the other is called Sabrina the Exotic Dancer and that’.
When we were introduced, China took my arm and said, 'Philip told me you believed him when he wrote you that I was an exotic dancer.
Phaid had heard that the big man was moving around the city, mostly in the company of Flame, the one time exotic dancer.
That last was a piece of cake, for her, because she made her living as an exotic dancer in between roller derby matches.
Tired of puzzling over Renatta's methods of operating, the Minstrel Boy had taken up with an exotic dancer called Mai Last Tango.
The topless visitor turned out to be a local exotic dancer who spoke fluent Serbo-Croatian, in addition to English.