playgirl:
A fun-loving, socially and sexually active woman devoted to the pursuit of pleasurable activities. For the purpose of this dictionary, a sexually active or promiscuous woman .See playgirl [SYN] for sunonyms.
QUOTES:
(1) Rajah (Nigel de Brulier) and Tira (Mae West) in I'm no Angel (1933):
-- Rajah: ' I see a wonderful future. I see a man in your life .'
-- Tira: ' What, only one? '
(2) Tira's (Mae West) answer to her maid in I'm No Angel (1933):
-- Maid: ' I was under the impression you were a one-man woman .'
-- Tira: ' I am. One man at a time .'
(3) Rajah (Nigel de Brulier) and Tira (Mae West) in I'm No Angel (1933):
-- Rajah: ' The horoscope. Keep this where you can consult it frequently .'
-- Tira: ' All right, I'll take-it to bed with me .'
(4) Tira (Mae West) in I'm No Angel (1933):
-- Prosecutor: ' Why did you admit knowing so many men in your life? '
-- Tira: ' It's not the men in your life that count, it's the life in your men .'
(5) Tira (Mae West) in I'm No Angel (1933): ' I'm no angel but I've spread my wings a bit .'
(6) Tira (Mae West) in I'm No Angel (1933): ' I'm very quick , in a slow way .'
(7) Lady Lou (Mae West) in She Done Him Wrong (1933): ' When women go wrong, men go right after them .'
(8) Captain Cummings (Cary Grant) and Lady Lou (Mae West) in She Done Him Wrong (1933)
-- Captain Cummings: ' Haven't you ever met a man who could make you happy? '
-- Lady Lou: ' Sure, lots of times .'
(9) Ruby Carter's (Mae West) answer to a group of admirers in Belle of the Nineties (1934):
-- Admirers: ' May we ask what types of men you prefer? '
-- Ruby Carter: ' Just two: domestic and foreign .'
(10) Retired actress Carlotta Vance (Marie Dressler) in Dinner at Eight (1933): ' If there's one thing I know it's men. I ought to. It's been my life work .'
(11) Mavis Arden (Mae West) in Go West, Young Man (1936): ' Men are my life .'
(12) Miss Bragg (Kathleen Howard) speaking of Sugarpuss O'Shea (Barbara Stanwyck) in Ball of Fire (1941): ' If I were the cream-for that woman's coffee, I'd curdle .' And later: ' This is the kind of woman that makes whole civilizations topple .'
(13) Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946): ' If I had been a ranch they would have called me the Bar Nothing .'
(14) Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe) in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953): ' It's men like you who have made me the way I am .'
(15) Diane (Joan Collins) and Chester Babcock (Bob Hope) in The Road to Hong Kong (1962):
-- Diane: ' Do you have any idea of the kind of woman that I really am? '
-- Chester: ' No, but I have high hopes .'
-- Diane: ' I'll tell you what I'm like. I know what I want when I see what I want, and when I see what I want, I want it .'
-- Chester: ' Do you see it? '
-- Diane: ' I see it .'
-- Chester: ' Do you want it? '
-- Diane: ' I want it .'
-- Chester: ' You got it .'
(16) Lili Von Shtup (Madeline Kahn) singing I'm Tired in Blazing Saddles (1974): ' I've been with thousands of men / Again and again / They promise the moon / They're always coming and gowing / And going and coming / And always too soon .'
(17) Newshound and Marlo Manners (Mae West) in Sextette (1978):
-- Newshound: ' How do you like it in London, Marlo? '
-- Marlo Manners: ' Oh, I like it anywhere .'
(18) Marlo (Mae West) in Sextette (1978): ' It's not the men in my life that counts, it's the life in my men .'
(19) Janice (Jane Greer) to Lawrence Ballantine (Robert Young) in They Won't Believe Me (1947): ' I'm not a Saturday afternoon girl , I'm an all or nothing girl .'
(20) Sylvia Crewes (Celeste Holm) in The Tender Trap (1955): 'I have a high I.Q. and a low boiling point .'
(21) Hillary Kramer (Barbra Streisand) to boxer Eddie 'Kid Natural' Scanlon (Ryan O'Neil) in The Main Event (1979): ' I'm not the sleazy motel type .'
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