A (usually derogatory) term for a bar girl employed by the bar in one form or another who encourages young single men to buy drinks for them, usually containing little alcohol, and who is available for sexual services to the men that they are hosting. This form of commercial activity was common in cities in southeast asia frequented by military men on leave or liberty.
> One of the hostitutes was on me asking for a drink before I even could see the bar.

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adenocarcinoma of anus
air collector
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auricular ring
Ayatollah Khomeini
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bacterial artificial chromosome
bad fairies
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bell float
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bleb
boyette
bufanolide
canacuas (mexico)
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cataracta brunescens
cathepsin
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cerebroretinal
cervico-brachial neuralgia
clay-like
continuous wave telegraph
conventional dissociation constant
copying book
cravent
Deneba Hāyk'
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effective g factor
electric osmosis
entocele
epiplochleocele
established customs
expandable register file
feldspathoids
frame alignment word
fumewort
fusion complex
gross residential area
hammer something into someone's head
horniman
hydrostatic non-contact bearing
IRSs
Ittersbach
jamborettes
jurupaite (xenotlite)
lactucarium
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loose measure
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mdncf
medial basal segment of lower lobe
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once-monthly
opting in
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plating iron
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potential distribution in a transformer winding
power dividing septum
preliminary dewatering
property of dissolved company
pustulosis acuta generalisata
rainard
Ram Singh
randie
rasterization
remonstrations
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roller towels
sainte-beuve
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shut up!
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the old goat
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