lathery
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This lathery adaptation, directed by Charles Jarrott for the producer Hal B. Wallis, stars a blonde Vanessa Redgrave as a swoony Mary and Glenda Jackson as a carnivorous Elizabeth.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2018
The last of the entrees, a juicy veal filet mignon, featured the nice salty crunch of a green sage and breadcrumb crust and the lathery sweetness of a parsnip-hazelnut purée.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2010
With a few exceptions like La Bibbia, Italy's fumetti are sentimental soap-opera plots, as pure as they are lathery.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next week a frustrated soap-opera character will have the dubious distinction of turning up in two lathery melodramas at the same time.
From Time Magazine Archive
Upon the carpet then he rolled And brushed against the wall, And, horror! whisked his lathery sides On overcoat and shawl.
From Songs and Other Verse by Eugene Field
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