ecdysiast in a sentence
Examples
- The Casanova Club, a den of shady characters in the film, is on Dorotheergasse ( 6-8 ), and judging by the photos of bosomy, undraped ecdysiasts out front, the show may be the same as in Greene's day.
- Lee viewed herself as a " high-class " stripper, and she approved of H . L . Mencken's term " " ecdysiast " ", which he coined as a more " dignified " way of referring to the profession.
- H . L . Mencken is credited with coining the word " ecdysiast " from " ecdysis ", meaning " to molt " in response to a request from striptease artist Georgia Sothern, for a " more dignified " way to refer to her profession.
- However, the company roared back immediately when Goldsteinn promoted " The Strippers'Hall of Fame " a sensational reunion event featuring a collection of elderly ecdysiasts which prompted TV crews from around the world to descend en masse upon a dilapidated motel in the Antelope Valley, between Los Angeles and Las Vegas.