feline

[Wilson Gray]

All of which is balanced by

"bitch in heat."


On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> "(of women) sexually seductive."
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> Not in OED, but must be at least forty years old in my memory.
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> Current ex. from IMDB:
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> "Quickly pigeonholed as a stripper, chorus girl or brazen, gold-digger
> type, her feline roles actually belied her off-camera personality as a shy,
> intelligent and chic lady."
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