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mermaid

[mur-meyd] / ˈmɜrˌmeɪd /






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An azure booth is flanked by an abstracted mermaid sculpture, and elsewhere howling wolves are engraved into the bar tops.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Of course, some of what he exhibited for his patrons had nothing to do with the real world—like his infamous Fiji mermaid, purportedly half monkey, half fish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

“No, no,” his client Jasmine Bryant reassures him, pulling out her phone to show photos of last year’s underwater-themed display of ghostly divers, flirty mermaid skeletons and adorable baby shark “skellys.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

It is amusing to see young Reubens in drag as a kid at Halloween, or playing a Cher-inspired mermaid in a video he made while at college.

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025

One has this big red rose garden and a stone fountain with a mermaid in it.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle




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