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Word: mermodel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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Usage:

...Mills, Inc., began last June issuing red bathing-girl pasters to automobile agencies and garages. Though no prominent printing appeared on the pasters, they were advertisements for Jantzen swimming-wear for women. When slim, beauti-formed bathing girls proved popular, the company then tried out a clumsy, fat, comic mermodel for use on trucks, flivvers, etc. Circulation: 100,000 fat; 300,000 thin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Sep. 8, 1924 | 9/8/1924 | See Source »

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