b-girl
n.— «They’ve also made more than 1000 arrests—most at cafeterias that serve alcohol without a meal or employ what is known in Miami law enforcement parlance as “b-girls.” (Major Exposito explains them thusly: “A woman comes up and asks a man, “Will you buy me a beer?’ Her beer is $15; his is $3.”)» —“21,000 Code Citations Can’t Be Wrong” by Emily Witt New Times (Miami, Florida) Nov. 24, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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