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  2. Dude - Wikipedia

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    Dude" may have derived from the 18th-century word "doodle", as in "Yankee Doodle Dandy". [6] In the popular press of the 1880s and 1890s, "dude" was a new word for "dandy"—an "extremely well-dressed male", a man who assigned particular importance to his

  3. Glossary of early twentieth century slang in the United States

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    Notes Works cited References External links 0-9 S.S. Kresge Lunch Counter and Soda Fountain, about 1920 86 Main article: 86 1. Soda-counter term meaning an item was no longer available 2. "Eighty-six" means to discard, eliminate, or deny service A A-1 First class abe's cabe 1. Five dollar bill 2. See fin, a fiver, half a sawbuck absent treatment Engaging in dance with a cautious partner ab-so ...

  4. Violet Gave Willingly - Wikipedia

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    Violet Gave Willingly is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Claire Sanford and released in 2022. A profile of her mother, textile artist Deborah Dumka, the film centres on their conversations about the sexism and misogyny that Dumka encountered when she went to university to study electrical engineering in the 1970s.

  5. Dandy - Wikipedia

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    The dandy creates his own unity by aesthetic means. But it is an aesthetic of negation. To live and die before a mirror: that, according to Baudelaire, was the dandy's slogan. It is indeed a coherent slogan. The dandy is, by occupation, always in opposition [to society]. He can only exist by defiance …

  6. Bad boy archetype - Wikipedia

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    Jim Stark, James Dean's character in Rebel Without a Cause, is considered an example of the bad boy archetype. [1] [2]The bad boy is a cultural archetype that is variously defined and often used synonymously with the historic terms rake or cad: a male who behaves badly, especially within societal norms.

  7. List of Dandy comic strips - Wikipedia

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    Lost in the Land of Bad King John James Walker 1938 1939 Prose Straight from the Jungle to Magic Land Originally appeared as a prose story in 1939. Title changed to 'Lion Boy' for subsequent appearances. Returned as a picture strip from 1949 to 1950. Reappeared as a prose story in 1951. Returned as a picture strip from 1952 to 1953. Jack Glass 1939

  8. Ann Doran - Wikipedia

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    Ann Lee Doran (July 28, 1911 – September 19, 2000) was an American character actress, possibly best known as Carol Stark, the mother of James "Jim" Stark in Rebel Without a Cause (1955). [1]

  9. James Cagney - Wikipedia

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    James Francis "Jimmy" Cagney Jr. was born in 1899 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. His biographers disagree as to the actual location: either on the corner of Avenue D and 8th Street, [2] or in a top-floor apartment at 391 East 8th Street, the address that is on his birth certificate. [11]