Noun
dancing girl (plural dancing girls)
A female dancer.
dancing-girl (plural dancing-girls)
Alternative form of dancing girl
dancing-girl
I had been making films for almost ten years, and the head men at RKO thought of me only in terms of musicals. I found no fault with that, except I just couldn't stand being typed or pigeonholed as only a singing and dancing girl. I wanted to extend my range. Ginger Rogers
I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. Emily Mortimer