WHAT DOES PLAYBOY MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's lifestyle magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with a presence in nearly every medium. Playboy is one of the world's best known brands. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special nation-specific versions of Playboy are published worldwide. The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by notable novelists such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ian Fleming, Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, Chuck Palahniuk, P. G. Wodehouse, Haruki Murakami, and Margaret Atwood. With a regular display of full-page color cartoons, it became a showcase for notable cartoonists, including Jack Cole, Eldon Dedini, Jules Feiffer, Shel Silverstein, Erich Sokol, Gahan Wilson, and Rowland B. Wilson.
Definition of playboy in the English dictionary
The definition of playboy in the dictionary is a man, esp one of private means, who devotes himself to the pleasures of nightclubs, expensive holiday resorts, female company, etc.
7 QUOTES WITH «PLAYBOY»
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playboy.
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi looks in the mirror and sees a playboy of the old school. And men such as Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Charlie Sheen no doubt look at Berlusconi and think, 'Role model!' Women, of course, know otherwise. They see him as an aging, pathetic buffoon.
If people see me having dinner with a beautiful woman, they immediately believe that I'm having a love affair with her. Of course that's rubbish. I'm not a playboy!
I married someone 30 years older than me, a doctor, a playboy who had a terrible Don Juan reputation.
The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down.
A world-class playboy once told me that the key to mesmerising women is to listen to them and look deeply into their eyes.
I knew when I got into this business I couldn't have it both ways: I could live the playboy lifestyle, which is not a bad thing to do, or have a traditional family life, which is how I grew up. And that was more important to me.
They're cheering a young lad, the champion playboy of the Western World.
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLAYBOY»
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Pilot gives Playboy model free rein in cockpit
An airline pilot gave a Playboy model free rein in his cockpit — while he was flying 300 oblivious passengers on a Kuwait Airways flight from ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
Playboy inks key Polish deal
Multimedia Polska Playboy Plus Europe has entered into a landmark agreement with Multimedia Polska, one of the leading cable operators in ... «Broadband TV News, Jul 15»
'Masters of Sex' 3×3 Recap: All Work and No Playboy
While out for drinks with friends the other day, Masters of Sex came up, as it is wont to do. (Perhaps the most practically useful thing about being ... «New York Observer, Jul 15»
Full casting announced for The Playboy of the Western World at …
The full casting has been announced for Polina Kalinina's production of JM Synge's play The Playboy of the Western World, which will open at ... «WhatsOnStage.com, Jul 15»
Playboy Poker shuts down for the second time
“Playboy Poker is in the process of surrendering its gaming license, all players are advised to withdraw their funds from the site at their earliest ... «Gaming Intelligence, Jul 15»
Playboy model Hope Dworaczyk marries tycoon Robert Smith in St …
But such beginnings will have surely seemed an age ago for Hope Dworaczyk as she married venture capital tycoon Robert Smith in a lavish ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
The Real Reason Holly Madison Penned Her Scandalous Playboy …
Though Holly Madison has taken a lot of heat from her fellow bunnies for releasing her best-selling Playboy tell-all, Holly is now insisting that ... «Redbookmag.com, Jul 15»
Caroline Cossey: The First Transgender To Pose For Playboy …
After she landed a role in a James Bond film she was invited to pose for Playboy in 1981. She was happy and successful, but in 1982 things fell ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
Home of the Day: A playboy's contemporary in Hollywood Hills West
This newly built showplace in Hollywood Hills West has a playboy vibe with two-sided fireplaces, 27-foot-high walls of glass and a lower-level ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
Juan Manuel Fangio: The playboy racer
MORE than 10,000 people lined the streets, clapping in unison as Juan Manuel Fangio's coffin was carried into the tiny church. By Danny ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
