walk-on girl
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English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌwɔːk ɒn ˈɡɜːl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌwɔk ɑn ˈɡɝl/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˌwɑk ɑn ˈɡɝl/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l
Noun
walk-on girl (plural walk-on girls)
- (darts) A woman who escorts a player to the stage at a darts event.
- 2010, Paul Siegel, chapter 7, in 2008: The Year in Darts, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 39:
- Again anticipating opportunity, Tommy Cox jets to Alaska and books Sarah Palin to be a walk-on girl at the 2009 Desert Classic final.
- 2017, King Adz, “Continental Darts”, in Fear and Loathing on the Oche: A Gonzo Journey through the World of Championship Darts, London: Yellow Jersey Press, →ISBN:
- The rah-rah girls dancing onstage were shaking their thing as Phil wobbled his way down the runway flanked by a Dutch walk-on girl dressed like a Thunderbirds pilot, all enhancements bouncing to the Eurobeat, as the surgeon intended. Then it was Mike's turn. His girl was dressed in a lime-green minidress and fat gold rope chain (subconsciously channelling Run DMC), which wasn't the only plastic on show. Neither walk-on girls I recognise. They must be the continental ones.
- 2018 January 27, “Darts: PDC to Scrap Walk-on Girls after Broadcaster Talks”, in BBC Sport[1], archived from the original on 21 June 2018:
- Walk-on girls will no longer be used by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) after talks with broadcasters. The long-established practice of women escorting male players to the stage will be abandoned, starting with this weekend's Masters in Milton Keynes. […] But walk-on girl Charlotte Wood, who says darts accounts for 60 per cent of her income, says her rights "are being taken away". […] The Women's Sport Trust tweeted: "We applaud the Professional Darts Corporation moving with the times and deciding to no longer use walk-on-girls. Motor racing, boxing and cycling … your move."
Coordinate terms
- (motor racing): brolly dolly, grid girl, pit babe, race queen
Translations
woman who escorts a player to the stage at a darts event
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Further reading
- promotional model on Wikipedia.Wikipedia