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Promiscuity See also Profligacy. Anatol constantly flits from one girl to another. [Aust. Drama: Schnitzler Anatol in Benét, 33] promiscuous goddess of sensual love. [Gk. Myth.: Parrinder, 24] forever falling in love with young men. [Am. Lit.: The Sun Also Rises] scantily dressed, sex-loving, blonde astronaut. [Comics: Horn, 96] “a woman of Paris.” [Fr. Lit.: Camille] gave herself freely to every man she met; her illegitimate daughter became equally promiscuous. [Am. Lit.: Faulkner The Sound and the Fury in Magill I, 917] traveling husband not enough to fulfill desires. [Am. Lit.: A Lost Lady] fairy who makes love with, then abandons, women. [Br. Folklore: Briggs, 183–184] Hosea’s wanton wife. [O.T.: Hosea 1:1–3] Theresa Dunn haunts singles bars in a compulsive quest for the ideal lover. [Am. Lit.: Weiss, 267] wife of Emperor Claudius of Rome. [Rom. Hist.: Brewer Handbook, 701] though a wanton, Philip loved her above all else. [Br. Lit.: Of Human Bondage; Magill I, 670–672] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Danny Skinner is a womanizing drinker and restaurant inspector in the UK who becomes convinced his lost father was a chief--possibly one of the master chefs--and embarks on a survey of likely chef prospects to locate his father. Danny Skinner is a womanizing drinker and restaurant inspector in the UK who becomes convinced his lost father was a chief--possibly one of the master chefs--and embarks on a survey of likely chef prospects to locate his father. Dad also insists on Betty's hire, thinking this will somehow curb his son's inveterate womanizing. |
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