stagette
n.— «Meet the Stagettes! This is the city’s latest service club organization and it is composed of an energetic group of young ladies who announce their “First Niter” Dance Friday night.» —“‘First Niter’ Dance on Friday Night” Lethbridge Herald (Alberta, Can.) Feb. 28, 1944. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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