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Word: skirted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...corner of a motel room, a not very subtle melodrama unfolded. As a fat bailiff and a sinister, black-hatted attorney looked on, a man in tattered wig and skirt, playing the role of Mary, Mary Workman, demanded custody of "her" child. Judge Hardly D. Fairman leered and laughed as devoted but helpless Father Adam Workman looked on, awaiting the worst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Men Have Rights Too | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

...skirt and pom poms never quite satisfied her, so she traded them in for spikes and pads. She now wears her brother's old number...

Author: By Michael J. Lartigue, | Title: Learning to Play With the Boys | 11/7/1986 | See Source »

...many women were dressed like they were going to give plantation tours. One group went for the Donna Karan tight skirt look, and so could only dance from the thighs up, while an equal number wore strapless gowns, and so could only dance from the waist down...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: Dazed and Confused | 10/14/1986 | See Source »

...although the action is amusing, there is something painful underlying Julius' desperation to get his wife back. He takes a month's sabbatical from his job in order to devote his entire time to the task and changes his entire personality. He takes a break from his skirt-chasing activities. He even takes a break from his three-piece suits and rep ties...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Euro-Yuppie Male Bonding | 9/26/1986 | See Source »

...blazer, as models taxied along the runway to the strains of Sinatra's The Lady Is a Tramp. The critical favorite of the day: a navy blue cashmere evening dress ($998) that was far more clingy, streamlined and sensuous than any Lauren has dared before. Another hit: a paisley skirt in shimmering panne velvet ($698), a striking companion piece to a sedate wool jacket ($598). Said Lauren after the show: "It all came together. This is the best I've ever felt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Selling a Dream of Elegance and the Good Life | 9/1/1986 | See Source »

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