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Taxi dancer

Okay kiddo, so you know when you hear music and you just can't help but dance to it? Well, some people like to dance so much that they want to do it all the time, even when they don't have a partner to dance with. That's where a taxi dancer comes in.

A taxi dancer is someone who gets paid to dance with people at a dance hall or club. They are basically like a professional dance partner. When someone wants to dance but doesn't have a partner, they can pay a taxi dancer to dance with them. The taxi dancer will dance with the person for a certain amount of time and then move on to dance with another person.

It's kind of like a taxi driver who picks up people and takes them somewhere, except instead of driving a car, they dance with people. Taxi dancers are usually really good dancers and can dance all kinds of different styles like ballroom, swing, or salsa. People who want to dance with a taxi dancer usually have to pay them by the song or by the hour.

So, in short, a taxi dancer is someone who gets paid to dance with people who don't have a partner at a dance club. They are kind of like a professional dance partner, and people pay them to dance with them for a certain amount of time.
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