legshow

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

leg +‎ show

Noun[edit]

legshow (plural legshows)

  1. An erotic entertainment focusing on the display of women's legs.
    • 1930, John Dos Passos, The 42nd Parallel, page 319:
      Doc wanted to go to see a legshow and asked the barkeep. A little fat man with an American flag in the lapel of his coat overheard him and said the best legshow in New York was Minsky's on East Houston Street.
    • 1970, Elton Edward Smith, Twayne's English authors series, volume 99, page 95:
      In the "Night Club," the legshows and the brandies are over; and all await the next act.
    • 1990, Frank W. Hoffmann, William G. Bailey, Arts & Entertainment Fads, page 303:
      The year was 1868 and their legshow - a chorus line of girls in tights - brought down the house.
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