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[US] L. Levenson Butterfly Man 201: ‘Some of these belles are doctors and lawyers; and one, the fat lady who need a couple of brassieres on her double chins, is the president of a bank’ [Simes:DLSS].
at belle, n.
[US] L. Levenson Butterfly Man half-title: In Texas, Ken Gracey was a normal young man….His transformation into the flaming Butterfly Man, darling of the Third Sex, who rockets through riotous revels from Coast to Coast, is the tragic tale of the youth who never knew himself until too late [Simes:DLSS].
at butterfly man (n.) under butterfly, adj.
[US] L. Levenson Butterfly Man 239: ‘The old fluff thinks he is manly’.
at fluff, n.1
[US] L. Levenson Butterfly Man xvii. 181: ‘I’m through with what he calls lyric love and emotional orgasms.’ ‘Meaning what?’ ‘I’m going gay.’.
at go gay (v.) under gay, adj.
[US] L. Levenson Butterfly Man 50: Ken had not understood what the judge meant when he boasted that he had ‘taken the veil’. ‘Exactly what does that mean?’ he asked Anita. ‘Letting your hair down, camping, and all the rest’ .
at let one’s hair down (v.) under let, v.
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