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Word: costard (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Dandied Breed. The second part features Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierre Bonnefous as a couple of turn-of-the-century footlight entertainers who dance to old music-hall songs. Their act is based on the antics of a dandied breed of street hawkers known as costermongers (after the costard apple). It is frail, bathetic stuff, yet touching for the loneliness Balanchine suggests...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: Flotilla of Fun | 5/24/1976 | See Source »

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