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n. - A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.

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  • The night after that I tried palm trees, but that was no good, that one was another cliché, I could almost see hula-hula girls and hear ukes strumming.
  • I got out, locked the door, and crossed the pavement to the entrance of the night-club which had above it the flickering neon sign 'Balinova' and the outlined neon figures of...
  • A row of hula-hula girls in paper necklaces appears outside of
  • So having me cover the cup ties is like players not shaving on match days or doing the hula-hula before they come out of the tunnel.
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