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lathery

[lath-uh-ree] / ˈlæð ə ri /


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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

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

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

The one that was a bedroom had gay Navajo blankets on the floor, and a stove in it, and a little bureau, and a washstand with white towels and good lathery soap.

From Roughing it De Luxe by McCutcheon, John T.




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