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Thread #135809   Message #3102958
Posted By: Gibb Sahib
25-Feb-11 - 11:30 PM
Thread Name: ADD/Origins: Bangidero / The Gals of Chile
Subject: RE: ADD/Origins: Bangidero / The Gals of Chile
OK, did some more searching and evidently a "hash girl" or "hesh girl" was a prostitute that worked in taverns. So that part checks out as meaningful, even if we don't know if it was to cover something more "unprintable." Perhaps it *was* just "Dago whores," which was printable by Hugill's time, but not in Robinson's.