hoofer

hoof (“dance”, verb) +‎ -er

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hoofer (plural hoofers)

1. (US, slang) A professional dancer, particularly one who has paid his or her dues.
   • 1946, Mezz Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, New York: Random House, page 208:

     Once a good friend of mine, a fine hoofer who was having trouble getting bookings, ran up to that tree, gave it a big smack, and yelled “Lawd please make me a pimp, any kind of a pimp, long as I’m pimpin’. I’m tired of scufflin’ and my feet are too long outa work.”