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22:41, 25 March 2024 ‎Banquets (hist | edit) ‎[4,001 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Banquets 03/24}} === Banquets === '''Banquets''' have been a venue for amusement, entertainment or pleasure since ancient times,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Martin |first=Sandra Romano |date=2013 |title=Banqueting Gods in Valerius Flaccus Arg. 5.690–5 |journal=Mnemosyne |volume=66 |issue=4–5 |pages=666–681 |doi=10.1163/156852512X617641 |issn=0026-7074}}</ref> continuing into the modern era.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Carson |first=Cary |title=Banque...")
21:59, 25 March 2024 ‎Entertainment (hist | edit) ‎[10,854 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Entertainment 03/24}} thumb|upright=1.35|Banqueters playing [[Kottabos (game)|Kottabos and girl playing the aulos, Greece ({{circa|420 BCE}}). Banqueting and music have continued to be two important entertainments since ancient times.]] '' ' Entertainment' '' is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. It can be an ide...")
21:51, 25 March 2024 ‎Educational entertainment (hist | edit) ‎[18,726 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Edutainment 03/24}} thumb|{{bc|A Venn diagram on educational entertainment}} '''Educational entertainment''', also referred to by the portmanteau "edutainment", is media designed to educate through entertainment. The term was used as early as 1954 by Walt Disney. Most often it includes content intended to teach but has incidental entertainment value. It has been used by academia, corporations, governments, and...") originally created as "Edutainment"
21:12, 25 March 2024 ‎Museology (hist | edit) ‎[8,028 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Museology 03/24}} Museology, or museum studies, is the study of museums. It explores their history and role in society, as well as their activities, including curating, preservation, public programming, and education. == Terminology == The words that are used to describe the study of museums vary depending on language and geography. For example, while “museology” is becoming more prevalent in English, it is most commonly used to refer to the study of museum...")
20:47, 25 March 2024 ‎Scop (hist | edit) ‎[7,845 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Scop 03/24}} thumb|{{bc|Old English poetry such as ''Beowulf'' was composed for performance; it is widely supposed that this meant it was chanted by a scop to musical accompaniment. Illustration by Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton, c. 1910}} A '''{{lang|ags|scop}}''' was a poet as represented in Old English poetry. The scop is the Old English counterpart of the Old Norse ''skald'', with the importan...")
20:26, 25 March 2024 ‎List of entertainer occupations (hist | edit) ‎[1,739 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|List of entertainer occupations 03/24}} ==Types of entertainers== <div style='-moz-column-count:4; column-count:4;'> * {{wk5|Acrobat}} * {{wk5|Actor}} * {{wk5|Archimime}} * {{wk5|Athlete}} * {{wk5|Barker}} * {{wk5|Beatboxer}} * {{wk5|Benshi}} * {{wk5|Bouffon}} * {{wk5|Circus performer}} * {{wk5|Clown}} * {{wk5|Host and hostess clubs}} * {{wk5|Comedian}} * {{wk5|Dancer}} * {{wk5|Drag queen}} * {{wk5|Drag king}} * {{wk5|DJ}} * {{wk5|Emcee}} * {{wk5|Filmmaker}}...")
20:00, 25 March 2024 ‎Storytelling (hist | edit) ‎[10,581 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Storytelling 03/24}} thumb|right|350px|{{bc|Wikipedia article index}} {{Abridged}} '''Storytelling''' is the social and cultural activity of sharing stories, sometimes with improvisation, theatrics or embellishment. Every culture has its own stories or narratives which are shared as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation or instilling moral values.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.beyondintracta...")
17:28, 25 March 2024 ‎Stunt performer (hist | edit) ‎[24,660 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Stunt performer 03/24}} A '''stunt performer''', often called a '''stuntman''' or '''stuntwoman''' and occasionally '''stuntperson''' or '''stunt-person''', is a trained professional who performs daring acts, often as a career. Stunt performers usually appear in films or on television, as opposed to a '''daredevil''', who performs for a live audience. When they take the place of another actor, they are known as stunt doubl...")
11:47, 25 March 2024 ‎Jennie Ward Todd (hist | edit) ‎[3,097 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Jennie Ward Todd 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Todd, Jennie Ward}}")
11:33, 25 March 2024 ‎William Boyd (actor) (hist | edit) ‎[9,462 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|William Boyd (actor) 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Boyd, William}} {{Infobox person| color = lightcyan | name = William Boyd | image = William Boyd, portrait.jpg | caption = William Boyd {{circa}} 1925 | birthdate = {{dob|1895|06|05}} | birthplace = Hendrysburg, Ohio, U.S. | deathdate = {{dod|1972|09|12|1895|06|05}} | deathplace = Laguna Beach, California, U.S. | deathcause = died of Park...")
10:26, 25 March 2024 ‎Showmen's Rest (hist | edit) ‎[5,475 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Showmen's Rest 03/24}} 275px|thumb|One of the five elephants surrounding Showmen's Rest. '''Showmen's Rest''' in Forest Park, Illinois, is a 750 plot section of Woodlawn Cemetery mostly for circus performers owned by the Showmen's League of America<ref>{{cite web|url=http://graveyards.com/IL/Cook/woodlawn/|title=Woodlawn Cemetery|author=Matt Hucke|publisher=Matt Hucke|accessdate=12 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www...")
10:11, 25 March 2024 ‎Memorial Day (hist | edit) ‎[8,005 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Memorial Day 03/24}} '''Memorial Day''' (originally known as Decoration Day]) is a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. From 1868 to 1970, it was observed on May 30. Since 1971, it has been observed on the last Monday of May. {{wikimain|Memorial Day}} Many people visit cemeteries and memorials on Memorial Day to honor and mourn those who died while ser...")
09:46, 25 March 2024 ‎Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus (hist | edit) ‎[41 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus 03/24}}")
02:36, 25 March 2024 ‎Motion Picture & Television Fund (hist | edit) ‎[17,963 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Motion Picture & Television Fund 03/24}} The '''Motion Picture & Television Fund''' ('''MPTF''') is a charitable organization that offers assistance and care to those in the motion picture and television industries and their families with limited or no resources, including services such as temporary financial assistance, case management, and residential living. ==Origin== Mary Pickford conceived the idea of a fund to help those in the motion picture...")
02:11, 25 March 2024 ‎Dorothy Sebastian (hist | edit) ‎[6,639 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Dorothy Sebastian 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Sebastian, Dorothy}} {{Infobox person| color = mistyrose | image = Dorothy_Sebastian_RHL1.jpg | caption = Sebastian in 1930s | name = Dorothy Sebastian | birthname = Stella Dorothy Sabiston | birthdate = {{dob|1903|04|26}} | birthplace = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | deathdate = {{dod|1957|04|08|1903|04|26}} | deathplace = Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | deathcause...")
23:29, 24 March 2024 ‎Walter L. Main Circus train wreck (hist | edit) ‎[8,241 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|The '''Walter L. Main Circus train wreck''' was a train derailment that occurred in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, United States, in May 1893. ==Background== Walter L. Main was a farmer turned entrepreneur. William Main, Walter's father, was also a farmer as well as a horse trainer. By the beginning of the 1880s, Walter L. Main had created a circus using profits from selling off farm animals. It was not until 1886 that the circus became successful; when it d...")
22:52, 24 March 2024 ‎Hammond Circus train wreck (hist | edit) ‎[12,475 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Template:Infobox public transit accident 03/24}} thumb|right|200px|{{bc|Picture of wreck site}} The '''Hammond Circus Train Wreck''' occurred on June 22, 1918, and was one of the worst train wrecks in U.S. history. Eighty-six people were reported to have died and another 127 were injured when a locomotive engineer fell asleep and ran his troop train into the rea...") originally created as "Hammond Circus Train Wreck"
10:19, 24 March 2024 ‎Ohio Travel Bag (hist | edit) ‎[2,840 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header| 03/24}} == About Ohio Travel Bag == Since 1908, Ohio Travel Bag has been a supplier/distributor of hardware and related products for a multitude of industries. The business began as a manufacturer of traveling bags and other leather goods in downtown Cleveland, Ohio and has since evolved into a leading wholesale distributor of hardware and fittings for luggage, handbags, trunks, leather goods, and jewelry. We provide hardware solutions in solid brass, stainles...")
09:58, 24 March 2024 ‎Slunk (hist | edit) ‎[1,282 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Slunk 03/24}} A '''slunk''' is an animal, especially a calf, born prematurely or abortively. Slunk skin, calfskin typically obtained as a byproduct of cattle slaughter, is also known as chickenskin.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cumming |first1=Valerie |title=Gloves |date=1982 |publisher=Batsford |location=London |isbn=9780713410082 |page=[https://archive.org/details/gloves00vale/page/93 93] |edition=Reprinted. |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.or...")
09:51, 24 March 2024 ‎Calfskin (hist | edit) ‎[1,526 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Calfskin 03/24}} thumb|right|200px|{{bc|Calfskin hide}} '''Calfskin''' or '''calf leather''' is a leather or membrane produced from the hide of a calf, or juvenile domestic cattle. Calfskin is particularly valuable because of its softness and fine grain, as well as its durability. It is commonly used for high-quality clothing, shoes, wallets, and similar products, as well as traditional leather bookbinding...")
09:39, 24 March 2024 ‎Cattle (hist | edit) ‎[4,441 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Cattle 03/24}} thumb|right|200px|{{bc|Cow (Fleckvieh breed)}} == Cattle == '''Cattle''' (Bos taurus) are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are called cows, and mature male cattle are bulls. Young female cattle are called heifers, young male cattle are oxen or bullocks, an...")
09:19, 24 March 2024 ‎Bison (hist | edit) ‎[8,015 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Bison 03/24}} thumb|right|200px|{{bc|American Bison}} A '''bison''' (pl.: bison) is a large bovine in the genus Bison (Greek: "wild ox" (bison)) within the tribe Bovini. Two extant and numerous extinct species are recognized. Of the two surviving species, the American bison, B. bison, found only in North America, is the more numerous. Although colloquially referred to as a buffalo in the United States and Canada, it is only dista...")
01:51, 24 March 2024 ‎Dolores Costello (hist | edit) ‎[6,047 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<gallery mode="packed" heights="200px" caption="Deores Costello"> Delores-Costello-01.jpg|Cigarette card (1920'2} Delores-Costello-02.jpg|in ''Noah's Ark'' (1928} Delores-Costello-03.jpg|Publicity still </gallery> == External links == https://dolores-costello.tumblr.com/post/1469890659/dolores-costello-cigarette-card-c-1920s") originally created as "Delores Costello"
22:55, 23 March 2024 ‎Alice White (hist | edit) ‎[6,074 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Alice White 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Alice}} {{Infobox person| color = mistyrose | name = Alice White | image = Alice_White_Publicity_photo_1934.jpg | caption = Publicity photo of White, 1934 | birthname = Alva White | birthdate = {{dob|1904|08|25|mf=yes}} | birthplace = Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. | deathdate = {{Dod|1983|02|19|1904|08|25|mf=yes}} | deathplace = Los Angeles, California, U.S. |...")
19:34, 23 March 2024 ‎History of hide materials (hist | edit) ‎[3,877 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|History of hide materials 03/24}} {{cat-lthr|History of hide materials}} == History of hide materials == Humanity has used animal hides since the Paleolithic era, for clothing as well as mobile shelters such as tipis and wigwams, and household items. Since ancient times, hides have also been used as a writing medium, in the form of parchment. Fur clothing was used by other hominids, at least by the Neanderthals. Rawhide is a simple hide product, that turns sti...")
19:26, 23 March 2024 ‎British Museum leather dressing (hist | edit) ‎[3,866 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|British Museum leather dressing 03/24}}{{cat-lthr|"British Museum" leather dressing}} '''British Museum leather dressing''' has been used by many conservators since its publication<ref >(Plenderleith, 1946)</ref><ref >{{cite book |title=The conservation of antiquities and works of art |last=Plenderleith |first=H. |first2=A. |last2=Werner |year=1971 |edition=2nd |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=London |ref=Plenderleith, 1971 }}</...")
08:20, 23 March 2024 ‎Alligator leather (hist | edit) ‎[10,685 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Alligator leather 03/24}} Leather is created when an animal's skin or hide is chemically treated in a process called tanning to preserve it for long-term use as material for clothing, handbags, footwear, furniture, sports equipment, and tools. Alligator leather is also commonly used to create similar items as mentioned above. Alligator leather is not only used due to its durable skin, but also its natural enamel sheen, which is aesthetically pleasing for consum...")
03:45, 23 March 2024 ‎Rose Rainbow (hist | edit) ‎[6,559 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Rose Rainbow 03/24}} thumb|right|200px|{{bc|Burlesque dancer}} '''Rose Rainbow''' (aka Nicole Lindinger) is a professional burlesque dancer, qualified ballet teacher, Bollywood dancer, and dance teacher in burlesque, Bollywood, and ballet from the Munich area of Germany. Rose Rainbow has been booked as a professional burlesque dancer nationally and internationally for numerous shows, company events, and various events since 2010. As...")
22:32, 22 March 2024 ‎Lottie Brunn (hist | edit) ‎[3,053 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Lottie Brunn 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Brunn, Lottie}} '''Lottie Brunn''' (October 12, 1925 - August 5, 2008) was a German American juggler and acrobat. She is believed to be the fastest woman juggler.<ref name=NYT> {{Cite news |last=Holtermann |first=Callie |date=2022-07-21 |title=Overlooked No More: Lottie Brunn, the 'Queen of Jugglers'|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/obituaries/lottie-brunn-overlooked.html |access-date=2022-07-28 |i...")
07:06, 22 March 2024 ‎Ziegfield Girls (1941) (hist | edit) ‎[5,591 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Ziegfield Girls (1941) 03/24}} {{Infobox film | name = Ziegfeld Girl | image = Ziegfeld_Girl_Movie_Poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Robert Z. Leonard | producer = Pandro S. Berman | screenplay = Marguerite Roberts<br />Sonya Levien | story = William Anthony McGuire | starring = James Stewart<br />Judy Garland<br />Hedy Lamarr<br />Lana Turner | mus...")
00:39, 22 March 2024 ‎Muriel Belmondo (hist | edit) ‎[365 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Muriel Belmondo 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Belmondo, Muriel}} {{Pixonly|March, 2024}} 400px|center|thumb|{{bc|Muriel Belmondo}} {{bc|Picture is from Pinterest}} == Source == dancer-muriel-belmondo-on-stage-for-the-ballet-balletti-paris-23-may-1967_u-l-pwgi9a0.jpg == External links == {{Footer}} {{cat|Ballet dancers}}")
17:58, 21 March 2024 ‎Kangaroo (hist | edit) ‎[6,644 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Sa-leather working 03/24}} '''Kangaroo leather''' is a strong, lightweight leather derived from the hide of the kangaroo. Kangaroos are harvested. Both the meat and the hides are sold. Although hunting most species of macropod is prohibited, a small number of the large-sized species with high populations can be hunted by commercial hunters. This policy has been criticised by some wildlife activists. == Applications == The leather is used in a wide variety of s...")
17:13, 21 March 2024 ‎Urethrotomy (hist | edit) ‎[9,395 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header| urethrotomy 03/24}} A '''urethrotomy''' is an operation that involves incision of the urethra, especially for relief of a stricture. It is most often performed in the outpatient setting, with the patient (usually) being discharged from the hospital or surgery center within six hours from the procedure's inception. Urethrotomy (also referred to as '''DVIU''', or '''Direct Visual Internal Urethrotomy''') is a popular treatment for male urethral strictures. Howev...")
07:03, 21 March 2024 ‎Herb Ritts (hist | edit) ‎[5,007 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Herb Ritts 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ritts, Herb}} {{Infobox person | name = Herb Ritts | color = lightblue | image = Herb Ritts.jpg | birthname = Herbert Ritts Jr. | birthdate = {{dob|1952|08|13}} | birthplace = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | deathdate = {{dod|2002|12|26|1952|08|13|mf=y}} | deathplace = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | deathcause = Pneumonia | alma_mater = Bard College | occupation = Photographer | known_for = | awar...")
00:10, 21 March 2024 ‎Arlette Dorgère (hist | edit) ‎[2,428 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header| 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Dorgere, Arlette}} {{Infobox person | name = Arlette Dorgère | color = mistyrose | image = Arlette Dorgère.jpg | caption = | birthname = Anna Mathilde Irma Jouve | birthdate = {{dob|1880}06|08}} | birthplace = Paris, French Third Republic | deathdate = 1965 (aged 84–85) | deathplace = Morocco | nationality = French | spouse = Louis Margerie (m.1958) }} '''Arlette Dorgère''' (born '''A...")
21:51, 20 March 2024 ‎Dorothy Dietrich (hist | edit) ‎[12,199 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Dorothy Dietrich 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Dietrich, Dorothy}} {{Infobox person | name = Dorothy Dietrich | color = mistyrose | image = Dorothy Dietrich-01.jpg | caption = | birthplace = Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. | birthdate = Halloween {{age|1969|10|31}} | occupation = magician, illusionist, escapologist, stunt performer, actor, historian | website = {{url|dorothydietrich...")
21:18, 20 March 2024 ‎Magicians (hist | edit) ‎[2,009 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Magicians 03/24}} '''Magic''', which encompasses the subgenres of illusion, stage magic, and close-up magic, among others, is a performing art in which audiences are entertained by tricks, effects, or illusions of seemingly impossible feats, using natural means to be created through supernatural means. It is one of the oldest performing arts in the world. Modern entertainment magic, as pioneered by 19th-century magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin, has become a...")
15:21, 20 March 2024 ‎Prostitution by region (hist | edit) ‎[5,323 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Prostitution by region 03/24}} = Prostitution by Regions = == Prostitution in Africa == Prostitution is illegal in the majority of African countries. HIV/AIDS infection rates are particularly high among African sex workers. Nevertheless, it is common, driven by the widespread poverty in many sub-Saharan African countries, and is one of the drivers for the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Africa. Social breakdown and poverty caused by civil war in several African count...")
13:57, 20 March 2024 ‎Prostitution in Mozambique (hist | edit) ‎[4 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "test")
06:47, 20 March 2024 ‎Irina Ionesco (hist | edit) ‎[4,819 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Irina Ionesco 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Ionesco, Irina}} {{Infobox person | color = mistyrose | name = Irina Ionesco | image = Irina Ionesco.png | caption = Ionesco in 2020 | birthdate = {{dob|1930|09|03|df=y}} | birthplac = Paris, France | birthname = | deathdate = {{dod|2022|07|25|1930|09|03|df=y}} | deathplace = | occupation = Photographer | years_active = | spouse = | children = Eva Ionesco }} ''...")
01:44, 20 March 2024 ‎Prostitution in Thailand (hist | edit) ‎[37,452 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Prostitution in Thailand 03/24}} thumb|upright=1.3|[[Walking Street, Pattaya|Walking Street, a red-light district in Pattaya.]] '''Prostitution''' in Thailand is illegal. However, due to police corruption and an economic reliance on prostitution dating back to the Vietnam War, it remains a significant presence in the country. It results from poverty, low levels of education and a lack of employ...")
22:16, 19 March 2024 ‎Meshimori onna (hist | edit) ‎[831 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Meshimori onna 03/24}} {{cat-japan|Meshimori onna}} '''Meshimori onna''' (飯盛女) or meshiuri onna (飯売女), literally "meal-serving woman", is the Japanese term for the women who were hired by hatago inns at the shukuba (post stations) along kaidō routes in Japan during the Edo era. They were originally maidservants hired by the inns, although as traffic along the kaidō grew and competition between the inns increased, they were often engaged in prostitu...")
21:57, 19 March 2024 ‎Nakai (vocation) (hist | edit) ‎[857 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Nakai (vocation) 03/24}} {{cat-japan|Nakai}} A '''Nakai''' (仲居) is a woman who serves as a waitress at a ryokan or Japanese inn. Originally written as nakai (中居) (meaning "in the house" in Japanese), which meant the anteroom in a mansion of a kuge (noble man) or gomonzeki (the princess of Mikado). Nowadays it refers to work in a butler's pantry, homemaking sector, or the managing division and its office staff. At Kyuchu (the Imperial Court), such women...")
21:40, 19 March 2024 ‎It girl (hist | edit) ‎[41,678 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|It girl 03/24}} An '''"It girl"''' is an attractive young woman who is perceived to have both sex appeal and a personality that is especially engaging.[1] The expression it girl originated in British upper-class society around the turn of the 20th century. It gained further attention in 1927 with the popularity of the Paramount Studios film It, starring Clara Bow. In the earlier usage, a woman was especially perceived as an "it girl" if she had achieved a high...")
21:24, 19 March 2024 ‎Jilt shop (hist | edit) ‎[2,562 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Jilt shop 03/24}} '''Jilt shop''' is an archaic term for an establishment frequented by B-girls ("bargirls"). == Etymology == Jilt originally meant "harlot" or "woman who gives hope then dashes it"; to jilt meant "to deceive (especially after holding out hopes), cheat, trick." In William Wycherley's Love in the Wood, Sir Simon complains of a "Mistress of mine...whom I treated tonight at the French house, but as soon as the Jilt had eaten up my meat and dra...")
21:13, 19 March 2024 ‎Bargirl (hist | edit) ‎[11,658 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Bargirl 03/24}} thumb|A bar girl in Las Vegas A '''bargirl''' is a woman who is paid to entertain patrons in a bar, either individually or, in some cases, as a performer. The exact nature of the entertainment varies widely from place to place; depending on the venue this can be individual entertainment ranging from light conversation to sexual services, or more public entertainment in the form of go-go dancing or striptease. V...")
19:55, 19 March 2024 ‎House mother (hist | edit) ‎[301 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|house mother 03/24}} {{cat-terms|House mother}} A '''housemother''' or '''house mother''' is a woman in charge of a residence, especially for children, students, or young women, who acts as hostess, chaperon, and occasionally as housekeeper. == External links == {{Footer}}")
16:41, 18 March 2024 ‎Alan Hale, Jr. (hist | edit) ‎[4,690 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Alan Hale, Jr. 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hale, Jr.. Alan}} {{abridged}} {{stack| {{Infobox person | color = lightblue | name = Alan Hale Jr. | image = Alan_Hale,_Jr._1959.jpg | caption = Hale in 1959 | birthname = Alan Hale MacKahan | birthdate = {{dob|1921|3|8}} | birthplace = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | deathdate = {{Dod|1990|1|2|1921|3|8}} | deathplace = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | deathcause = Thymus can...")
05:40, 18 March 2024 ‎Venus de Milo (hist | edit) ‎[17,383 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Venus de Milo 03/24}} {{Infobox statue | color = Silver | title = ''Venus de Milo'' | image = | caption = | subject = Aphrodite (Venus) | medium = Parian marble | created = | condition = Arms broken off; otherwise intact | location = Musée du Louvre | artist = | nationality = | height = | weight = | value = | homepage = | wiki = | source = | notes = }}")
02:46, 18 March 2024 ‎Frances O'Connor (hist | edit) ‎[2,237 bytes] ‎Robinr78 (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Header|Frances O'Connor 03/24}}{{DEFAULTSORT:O'Connor, Frances}} {{Infobox person | name = Frances O'Connor | color = mistyrose | image = Frances O'Connor-01.jpg | birthdate = {{dob|1914|9|8}} | birthplace = Granite Falls, Minnesota | deathdate = {{dod|1982|1|30|1914|9|8}} | deathplace = Long Beach, California | occupation = Sideshow performer, billed as the living Venus de Milo, film actress }} Frances O'Connor ({{star}}Se...")

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