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レースクイーンレースクィーンレース・クイーンレース・クィーン
1. [n] Source lang: eng(wasei) "race queen"
▶ pit babe
▶ paddock girl
▶ grid girl
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2835166 グリッドガール 1. grid girl



History:
6. A 2015-10-11 06:03:14  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2015-10-09 12:25:08  luce
  Refs:
n-grams
レースクイーン	9909
レースクィーン	4858
  Diff:
@@ -7,0 +8,3 @@
+<reb>レースクィーン</reb>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
@@ -8,0 +12,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>レース・クィーン</reb>
4. A 2014-04-16 19:28:32  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2014-04-15 04:28:41  Richard Warmington <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
"promotion girl" doesn't necessarily have anything to do with racing -- see the following for example:
"A Few Things to Know About Being a Promo Girl"
http://prenticeosborne.com/2012/09/01/a-few-things-to-know-about-being-a-promo-girl/
.
On the other hand, レースクイーン definitely seems to be related to motor racing:
a “race queen”; a pretty young scantily dressed woman who adds female charm to auto races in Japan" (GG5)
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"Race queen" is a Japanese term for a type of promotional model found as part of a pit crew in certain kinds of motor racing, such as F1 races. The equivalent British term is "pit babe"...The models, referred as "grid/pit girls" in Europe, are very common in many series worldwide" [Wikipedia]
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"doesn't matter whether you call them grid girls, paddock girls, grid girls, or something else we love them all! post yours!"
http://www.reddit.com/r/paddockgirls/
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13,3 @@
-<gloss>promotion girl</gloss>
+<gloss>pit babe</gloss>
+<gloss>paddock girl</gloss>
+<gloss>grid girl</gloss>
2. A 2013-05-11 11:53:38  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Added additional dotted reading(s) via batch update.Added additional dotted reading(s) via batch update.
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -6,0 +6,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>レース・クイーン</reb>
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