Is she a showgirl, or one of the chicken ballet?"
"On With Torchy"
Sewell Ford
The showgirl was lying at the point of death, and he was having a very hard time of it trying to keep the resolute authorities from swooping down upon her for the ante-mortem statement they desired.
"The Hollow of Her Hand"
George Barr McCutcheon
You can haul cars into orbit, but you look and feel just like a showgirl.
"An Encounter in Atlanta"
Ed Howdershelt