race queen

English

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Noun

race queen (plural race queens)

1. (idiomatic, slang) A glamorous model accompanying the pit crew in Japanese motor racing.
   • 1993, Mark Pendergrast, For God, Country, and Coca-Cola:

     […] crowds ogle the red-clad "Coca-Cola race queens" at an eight-hour motorcycle endurance race in Japan.

   • 2008, Kenny Loui, Tokyo Phantasmagoria:

     […] cafes and shops exist in Tokyo and throughout Japan, where customers can be serviced by school girls, policewomen, race queens, or "bunny girls".

Hypernyms

• grid girl
• pit babe

Coordinate terms

• brolly dolly (UK)