legshow

English

Etymology

From leg +‎ show.

Noun

legshow (plural legshows)

1. An erotic entertainment focusing on the display of women's legs.
   • 1930, John Dos Passos, The 42nd Parallel, page 319:

     Doc wanted to go to see a legshow and asked the barkeep. A little fat man with an American flag in the lapel of his coat overheard him and said the best legshow in New York was Minsky's on East Houston Street.

   • 1970, Elton Edward Smith, Twayne's English authors series, volume 99, page 95:

     In the "Night Club," the legshows and the brandies are over; and all await the next act.

   • 1990, Frank W. Hoffmann, William G. Bailey, Arts & Entertainment Fads, page 303:

     The year was 1868 and their legshow - a chorus line of girls in tights - brought down the house.