Adele Jergens
Fans of hers have to see this movie...the ecdysiast/cheating wife/gunmoll of all time!
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ecdysiast?
That's a new one on me.
I'll agree on everything else, though: this is right up there with the best of the 'femme fatales' in the 'A-listers'; except Adele is more 'been there, lived that' than those glammed-up cuties
"Where's the rest of me??... Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.!"
New one on me, too! Apparently it's a real word:
ecdysiast - (n.) a striptease artist
H. L. Mencken is credited with coining the word "ecdysiast" – from "ecdysis", meaning "to molt" – in response to a request from Gypsy Rose Lee for a "more dignified" way to refer to her profession.[4][5]
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Did not know the origin of the word. "Molt"...that's a good one. Thank you.
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