Nautch girl

Great was the praise bestowed on the wise parrot, but the incensed nautch-girl said: “Be assured I will get you in my power; and when I do, I will bite off your head.”

‘I came about the nautch girl in your harem. Are you man enough to keep her under control?’

...one expected Wrangleresses on the legendary order of Phillippa Fawcett... but certainly not this nautch-girl extravagence of looks and self-possession that Yashmeen presented.

‘Best kind of native—kept himself busy with his shrub and his nautch-girls and his tumashers.’