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hootchie-cootchie 

Its meaning is derived from the French "couche," past part of "coucher" which means "to lay down." The Hootchy-Kootchy (Hoochi-Coochi) or Cooch dance is a pseudo-Turkish, sensual dance executed only by women in short skirts, bare midriffs and tight breastbands, which is said to have originated at the Philadelphia Centennial Fair (May-Nov-1876.)

The term has been carried over to mean any so-called partnerless female "Sexy or Risqué" dance performed at fairs, Carnivals, Saloons and Burlesques clubs etcetera where women would be encouraged (or exploited) to perform such dances in a more provocative manner originally used to help gain attendance to sell alcohol to the patrons of a saloon etc.
Spelled as hootchie-cootchie or hootchy-cootchy, it is part of the music history of Cab Calloway (Minnie the Moocher) and Muddy Waters (Hootchie-Cootchie Man)
hootchie-cootchie by david allan December 18, 2008
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hootchie cootchie 

A woman of questionable virtue, especially from the Prohibitionist flapper era.

From hootch (alcohol) and cooter (vagina). People who visited speakeasies were considered to be of low class and even lower morals, and prostitutes were often seen in and around speakeasies, particularly in large cities.

Made popular in America by Cab Calloway's song "Minnie the Moocher", in which Minnie is a compassionate prostitute who becomes very rich, and revived in Britain through its appearance on an episode of "Jeeves & Wooster" featuring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie respectively.
a)Folks, now here's the story 'bout Minnie the Moocher / She was a red-hot hootchie cootchie

b) Wooster: I mean, all this ho de ho de ho stuff is pretty clear, but what do you suppose a hootchie cootchie is exactly?
Jeeves: It's hard to say, sir, unless it's in connection with one of the demotic American words for ardent spirits. I'm thinking of hootch, a word of Eskimo origin , I'm informed.
Wooster (amazed): You bloody well are informed, Jeeves. Do you know everything?
Jeeves (dryly): I really don't know, sir.

Hoochie Coochie 

A really old term, going back to 1890, about a sexualized dance performed by carnival side-shows.

A hoochie coocher was a hoocie coochie dancer. She is also called a shimmy dancer. A hoochoe coochie man either runs a show or is a drag queen performer.
The phrase has made famous by various blues, jazz and rock performers. These include Elvis Presley's "Saved", Cab Calloway "Minnie the Moocher", Muddy Waters' "Hoochie Coochie Man".

Believe it or note, there's a 1929 Mickie Mouse cartoon called "the Karnival Kid" where Mickey, a carnival worker, is attracted to Minnie, a hoochie coochie dancer.

Hoochie can be spelled hootchy, hootchey, hootchie, hoochy or hoochey.

Coochie can be spelled kootchy, kootchey, kootchie, koochy, koochey, cootchy, cootchey, cootchie, coochy, coochey.
"Let me tell you about Minnie the moocher, she was a red hot hoochie coocher." "He's gonna make pretty women's
Jump and shout

Then the world gonna know
What this all about

Don't you know I'm here

Everybody knows I'm here

Well, you know I'm the hoochie coochie man "
Hoochie Coochie by Kingdragonfly October 27, 2017

Hoochie Coochie Dancer 

The Hoochie Coochie was a sexually provocative dance that originated at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876. It became more widely popular in 1893 during the Chicago World's Fair.

The term "Hoochie-Coochie Girls" was utilized by Carnival Barkers to describe scantily clad female dancers performing in side shows. The term was used up to the early 60's. Many older people still use the term to describe modern day strippers.
Hoochie Coochie Dancer
Hoochie Coochie Dancer by Rich-D December 7, 2012

Hoochie coochie man 

My sleep paralysis demon that lives in my closet and listens to smooth jazz
Man that dude is such a Hoochie coochie man.
Hoochie coochie man by ScatmansWorld February 13, 2020

Hoochie Coochie 

Term used in the song "Chattahoochee" by Alan Jackson. Although most assume it is a made up phrase to rhyme with Chattahoochee, it is actually a term originally used to describe a sexually provocative belly dance performed by gypsies.
♫ Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie... ♫
Hoochie Coochie by SleepFaster January 7, 2012

hoochie coochie mamma 

a know good women who tends to take or attempt to take every girls man.
" whu iz dat hoochie coochie mamma, wit her fatazz all up on ma husband?"
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