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Scarlet O'Hara
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English
Etymology
From the character Scarlet O'Hara from the novel and film Gone With the Wind.
Noun
A glamorous or sophisticated woman, especially a Southern belle known for putting off worrying until "tomorrow".
en Bayanova had stories about Shaliapin, about Prince Obalensky, about famous Gypsy orchestras and the nightclubs of Monte Carlo. Later, her life was the tale of warfare, flight, repression, and odds. Loves lost, estates surrendered, Bayanova found herself the Scarlet O’Hara of Bucharest. She sang more than once for Ceausescu. https://themorningnews.org/alla-bayanova-on-the-arbat/ The Morning News Alla Bayanova on the Arbat Elizabeth Kiem 11 Mar 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20260807011826/https://themorningnews.org/alla-bayanova-on-the-arbat/ August 6, 2026
en Tara was a fierce competitor and had been victorious in most of the party games. She was the Scarlet O'Hara of the party. Most of the guests were her friends, and she schmoozed like an assistant angling for a promotion. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Should_Have_Seen_It_Coming/9On6DQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+scarlet+o%27hara+of%22+-%22gone+with+the+wind%22&pg=PT65&printsec=frontcover Friesen Press Should Have Seen It Coming Rick Tuber 2017
en Like many people, Linda has the Scarlett O'Hara approach to mindful eating: I'll think about that tomorrow. Who hasn't declared a plan to initiate change tomorrow, next week, or after some event happens? We often say such things simply to soothe ourselves. 44 https://www.google.com/books/edition/But_I_Deserve_This_Chocolate/rkJ53FU1H6cC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=scarlett+o%27hara+say+about+tomorrow&pg=PA44&printsec=frontcover New Harbinger Publications But I Deserve This Chocolate!: The Fifty Most Common Diet-Derailing Excuses and How to Outwit Them Susan Albers 2011
en By the time Iggy hit the Max's scene with a vengeance in 1971, Leee Black Childers - the Scarlet O'Hara of punk and Glam Rock, a Southern belle in red rock'n'roll shoes sporting a black leather jacket - and Cherry Vanilla, an Irish-Catholic deviationist, were effectively the New York emissaries for a musical phenomenon about to change the face of rock history, and the life and career of Jim Osterberg from Hicksville, USA. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Gimme_Danger_The_Story_of_Iggy_Pop/RwpJFOSyEmEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+scarlet+o%27hara+of%22+-%22gone+with+the+wind%22&pg=PT129&printsec=frontcover Omnibus Press Gimme Danger: The Story of Iggy Pop Joe Ambrose 2009
en "For the role of Roxanne, the Scarlet O'Hara of the 1980s, we have narrowed our choice down to one of five fabulous ladies. Please stand up, Ms. Rachel Evans." 421 https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Family_Secret/jxauZ8LUIDAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+scarlet+o%27hara+of%22+-%22gone+with+the+wind%22&pg=PA421&printsec=frontcover A Family Secret Harry Brooks 2005
en Do you have any advice for the Scarlet O'Haras among us? 245 https://books.google.com/books?id=UYqDdCB1tLQC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA245&dq=%22scarlet+o%27haras%22&hl=en&source=newbks_fb#v=onepage&q&f=false Detox Your Finances (52 Brilliant Ideas) John Middleton 2007
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