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lissome

[lis-uhm] / ˈlɪs əm /


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Lissome and alluring in her prime — she had been a Miss America finalist at 20 — Ms. Leachman often played down or even grotesquely obscured her looks on-screen.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2021

Now they assumed baroque form: Spy Elf of the Morning Hallelujahs, Parakeet of the Lissome Star.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2015

Lissome Elisabeth got her picture in the tabloids, received at least one offer of adoption, 50, proposals and a free English course from the Linguaphone Institute of America.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lissome Andrea Cooper departs through a hotel window.

From Time Magazine Archive

Miss Fuller, if you'll just watch Miss Lissome work.

From Gigolo by Ferber, Edna




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