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Word: buttocks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sweet and dreary musical comedies which littered Broadway, he produced The Follies, a revue which took its name from the Parisian Folies Bergères and duplicated its gay and daring makeup. New Yorkers, at this time innocent of the malpractice which has since become famous as the "buttock and leg show," danced with frantic eagerness to see what Ziggy* had done. They discovered over the door the legend which, however inaccurate or uncomplimentary it may have seemed, described its author's business in terms that have been remembered. "Glorifying the American Girl" was the legend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Ziggy | 5/14/1928 | See Source »

...point of wildest merriment in the Scandals is reached when the comedian's right buttock absorbs several inches of bayonet wielded by a jealous Romeo. A moment later the balcony collapses, Juliet and all. The house goes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Return of Slapstick | 7/23/1923 | See Source »

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