geiko
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 芸子 (geiko) (from the Kyoto dialect).
Noun edit
geiko (plural geikos)
- Synonym of geisha
- 2002, Catherine Bergman, From the Japanese: A Journalist in the Empire of the Resigned:
- For geishas - sorry, for geikos - the wig covers the whole head. Apprentices, on the other hand, are entitled to only a half-wig, while, in the front, their own hair is brushed, back-combed, and sprayed heavily to finish the look.
Further reading edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
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