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hurdy-gurdy girl B.C., Hist. 
a dance-hall girl who frequented the saloons and dance-halls of mining camps during the Cariboo gold rush.
See also: hurdy-gurdy (def. 1)
- 1914 An anomalous class of females known as the hurdy-gurdy girls made their appearance in the Cariboo.
- 1958 The fire is reputed to have been caused by a drunken miner lunging towards a hurdy-gurdy girl who was ironing her petticoats in the canvas-covered shed. . . .
- 1962 Anderson tells of the rich gold strikes, the town gamblers, the Hurdy-Gurdy girls and all the colourful excitement, the heartache and the joy of the gold rush days. . . .
- 1914 An anomalous class of females known as the hurdy-gurdy girls made their appearance in the Cariboo.