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Floradora
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Noun
en Florodora.
en 1910 A. M. Williamson; C. N. Williamson Lord Loveland Discovers America She had been called a number of nice things, such as a "real beaut," a high-flyer and a Floradora
en 1966 Historical Messenger of the Milwaukee County Historical Society The more daring had lithographs of Lillian Russell, Mae Howard, the Floradoras and poses of the Gibson Girls.
en 1970 Russel Blaine Nye The Unembarrassed Muse: The Popular Arts in America 177 Florenz Ziegfeld, who learned much from the Floradoras, produced his first Follies in 1907 (to continue for twenty-five years) and stabilized the pattern for the type. Revues depended on gags and girls, at a higher level than burlesque
en 1998 Tama Starr; Ed Hayman Signs and wonders 1893 And the sweetly grinning Floradoras, lovingly painted by Ben Strauss himself, undulated from side to side, their palms coyly placed beside their roseate cheeks. Hubba hubba! Folks gathered nightly to admire this vision.