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Word: frill (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Work reached the 100 mark on its 31,000-marker tour, and spent the occasion with a notably stimulating bevy of working Americans-chorus girls. In its backstage once-over, Americans at Work picked up several pertinent facts & figures. Getting by in the chorus with face, form and a frill, for example, has been out for 20 years. A modern chorus girl must know her entrechats, also her chaine turns and tour-jetés, and do some singing on the side. At top form, she may expect as high as $75 a week, is usually out of front-line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Chorus Calls | 4/1/1940 | See Source »

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