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Word: skirtless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...director or writer or someone was not satisfied with Boston's justly famous articulation and had to substitute his own peculiar brand of midwestern accent is a mystery, as is the intent of one of the same gentlemen in allowing a girl from Boston in any decade to sway, skirtless, on a Bowery stage. Cambridge, at least, is not, and was never, like this. Durante is a mystery of sorts, too-but only in that it's a wonder he remains as funny as he does. As a matter of fact, the more you think about Durante, the more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 7/12/1946 | See Source »

Barbara Hutton, unseasonably and unaccountably, tripped out of the Paris Ritz in a pair of shorts, strolled in the Place Vendome, returned to find an assistant manager at the door. He suggested the back entrance. The President of France was expected shortly, and her skirtless aspect didn't fit in. The dime-store heiress ducked in anyway. The President missed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, May 27, 1946 | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

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