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dame-on-the-make:
Americanism of the 1920-30s for a woman who seeks the company and support of rich, older men.


See Also: damerie, Delilah syndrome, screwy, charity girl, charity moll, dame, Abélard,

Quotes Containing dame-on-the-make:
Eddie O''Brien (Gene Kelly) in Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949): ''If she''s a dame , she wants romance .''
''If she''s a dame , she wants romance .'' Eddie O''Brien (Gene Kelly) in Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
''If she''s a dame , she wants romance .'' Eddie O''Brien (Gene Kelly) in Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
''If she''s a dame , she wants romance .'' Eddie O''Brien (Gene Kelly) in Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Harry Morgan (Humphrey Bogart) to Mme Hlne de Bursac (Dolores Morgan) in To Have and Have Not (1944): 'Another screwy dame!'
Harry Morgan (Humphrey Bogart) to Mme Hlne de Bursac (Dolores Morgan) in To Have and Have Not (1944): ''Another screwy dame!''
Harry Morgan (Humphrey Bogart) to Mme Hlne de Bursac (Dolores Morgan) in To Have and Have Not (1944): 'Another screwy dame!'
Eddie O''Brien (Gene Kelly) in Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949):''If she''s a dame , she wants romance .''
Gloria Lyons (Lucille Ball) about a co-performer in The Big Street (1942): ''That dame is a lump of mud.''
Gloria Lyons (Lucille Ball) about a co-performer in The Big Street (1942): ''That dame is a lump of mud.''
Rudy Adams (Jean Harlow) to Gypsy (Dorothy Burgess) in Hold Your Man (1933): ''You know , you wouldn''t be a bad looking dame ... if it wasn''t for your face .''
Rudy Adams (Jean Harlow) to Gypsy (Dorothy Burgess) in Hold Your Man (1933): ''You know , you wouldn''t be a bad looking dame ... if it wasn''t for your face .''
Cleo Borden (Mae West) staging an opera in Goin'' to Town (1935): ''I''m gonna sing Delilah . I''ve got a lot of respect for that dame . There''s one lady barber that made good.''
Matt Nolan (James Cagney) in Taxi! (1932): ''I wouldn''t go-for that dame if she was the last woman on earth... and I''d just got out of the navy.''
Rudy Adams (Jean Harlow) to Gypsy (Dorothy Burgess) in Hold Your Man (1933): ''You know , you wouldn''t be a bad looking dame ... if it wasn''t for your face .''
Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb) to Det. Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) in Laura (1944): - Waldo: ''Did you ever know a woman who wasn''t a doll or a dame?'' - Mark: ''Yes, one, but she kept walking me past furniture windows to look at the parlor suites.''
Cleo Borden (Mae West) staging an opera in Goin'' to Town (1935): ''I''m gonna sing Delilah . I''ve got a lot of respect for that dame . There''s one lady barber that made good.''
Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb) to Det. Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) in Laura (1944): - Waldo: ''Did you ever know a woman who wasn''t a doll or a dame?'' - Mark: ''Yes, one, but she kept walking me past furniture windows to look at the parlor suites.''
Rudy Adams (Jean Harlow) to Gypsy (Dorothy Burgess) in Hold Your Man (1933): ''You know , you wouldn''t be a bad looking dame ... if it wasn''t for your face .''
Matt Nolan (James Cagney) in Taxi! (1932): 'I wouldn't go-for that dame if she was the last woman on earth... and I'd just got out of the navy.'


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