10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUBDEBUTANTE»
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subdebutante in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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This is the season of the subdebutante. These are the days when in shrill
perfumed coveys they flutter through the houses and clubhouses of America's big
cities. When summer comes they will disperse to the leisure of lakes, beaches
and ...
Season of the subdebs It was also the season of the subdebutante, meaning,
said Life, "any socially uninitiated but acceptable maiden of 15 to 18 who
gallivants around town with the right young people," and any girl who didn't could
write off ...
... SUBCUTANEOUSLY SUBCUTES SUBCUTIS SUBCUTISES SUBDEACON
SUBDEACONS SUBDEALER SUBDEALERS SUBDEAN SUBDEANS SUBDEB
SUBDEBS SUBDEBUTANTE SUBDEBUTANTES SUBDECISION
SUBDECISIONS ...
Maliha Mendoza Mahmood,
2013
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Philadelphia, a Guide to the Nation's Birthplace
The common sight here is not of age, but of debutante and subdebutante in
tweeds and flat-heeled shoes. It is a section of Philadelphia peopled by
Americans conscious of their own modernism, who find distinction in a present of
hard work ...
Best Books on, Federal Writers' Project,
1939
5
Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918–1923
“subdebutante” was coined Her character Letitia (Tish) Carberry was featured in
a half dozen books starting in 1911. Born Mary Roberts in Pittsburgh, Rinehart
wrote the murder mystery The Circular Staircase (1908). A bestseller, it spawned
...
Dorothy Parker & Kevin C. Fitzpatrick,
2014
The exception, I suppose, would be in a foreign language, when a Chinese
subdebutante, let's say, is suddenly brilliant, and vastly welleducated, to the
degree that her Mandarin skills excel mine. Translated into Chinese, a book like
this ...
Trust funds, it became quite clear, are not unmixed bonanzas. They can cause
guilt, the sort of guilt that inspires some rich students to drop their final g's and
otherwise disguise their class accents and say, as a former subdebutante I know
...
8
Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden and the Struggle for ...
... up all night with her friends and daydreaming aloud about life's possibilities.51
The pinnacle of success for Anne in that period of her life was the “DD” or Double
Dozen Club, an exclusive “subdebutante” club that allowed only 24 members.
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Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise
Frothy musical comedy was as far removed from his cinematic vocabulary as one
could imagine, especially with a precocious subdebutante as the star. However, it
just so happened that, in April of that year, Frankenheimer had become the ...
10
A Gravity's Rainbow Companion: Sources and Contexts for ...
... or “to reject,” which appears to be the sense of the term here— that Slothrop
and Mr. Pox were tossed out of the Junior Atheneum. V22.2, B24.39, P22.21–22
subdeb legs The legs of a “subdebutante,” designating girls generally less than ...
Steven C. Weisenburger,
2011
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUBDEBUTANTE»
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subdebutante is used in the context of the following news items.
Debutantes announced for Saturday's Rose Cotillion Ball
Eleven debutantes and 12 subdebutantes participate in a series of experiences and activities that encourage healthy lifestyles, academic achievement and ... «Spartanburg Herald Journal, Feb 13»