"The Cell Block Tango" from "Chicago" paints pictures of justifiable homicide;
"He had it coming,
He had it coming,
He only had himself to blame;
If you'd have been there,
If you'd have seen it,
I'll betcha you would have done the same!"
"He had it coming,
He had it coming,
He only had himself to blame;
If you'd have been there,
If you'd have seen it,
I'll betcha you would have done the same!"
by Lorelili July 29, 2012
Get the justifiable mug.(August 26, 1845-August 31, 1888) The first recognized victim of Jack the Ripper. Born Mary Ann Walker in Whitechapel, known as "Polly" by her friends and family, she married William Nichols in 1864 and had five children with him (Edward John, born 1866; Percy George, born 1868; Alice Esther, born 1870; Eliza Sarah, born 1877; and Henry Alfred, born 1879).
In 1881, they separated; Polly's father, Edward, accused William of having an affair with the midwife during Polly's last pregnancy while William argued that their marriage continued for three years after the affair and accused Polly of leaving him at least four times; each time they reconciled, he claimed, she began drinking again. Whatever the story, young Edward Nichols was estranged from his father and lived with grandfather Edward; at his mother's funeral, the young man refused to associate with William.
William was still obliged to send financial support to his wife, but when he found in 1882 that she sometimes turned to prostitution, he refused to send any more.
Polly became an alcoholic drifter, trapped in a cycle of doss-houses, workhouses, drinking, prostitution, and wearing out her welcome with relatives.
In 1881, they separated; Polly's father, Edward, accused William of having an affair with the midwife during Polly's last pregnancy while William argued that their marriage continued for three years after the affair and accused Polly of leaving him at least four times; each time they reconciled, he claimed, she began drinking again. Whatever the story, young Edward Nichols was estranged from his father and lived with grandfather Edward; at his mother's funeral, the young man refused to associate with William.
William was still obliged to send financial support to his wife, but when he found in 1882 that she sometimes turned to prostitution, he refused to send any more.
Polly became an alcoholic drifter, trapped in a cycle of doss-houses, workhouses, drinking, prostitution, and wearing out her welcome with relatives.
At age 43 and five-foot-two, Polly Nichols could pass for ten years younger; she had greying dark-brown hair, high cheekbones, brown eyes, and olive skin. She was well-liked by friends and was pitied by many. Still, she was arrested for drunken and disorderly conduct, placed in workhouses for sleeping on the streets, and lived off of charity and casual prostitution.
On her last day, August 30 of 1888, she had three clients, but her taste for gin overruled; she'd told a friend an hour before her murder that she'd earned money for a bed three times over and she drank all the money away. She arrived at the doss-house at 1:30 AM, drunk and penniless. But she felt very confident about finding another client because she was wearing a new hat and felt she looked very pretty; she was drunk, she was missing five front teeth, but she declared, "See what a jolly bonnet I've got!"
She was found on the sidewalk of Buck's Row by two workers at 3:40 AM, she'd been dead for about 20 minutes. Her skirts were pulled up almost to her waist. Her throat had been cut and, later in the mortuary, it was found that she'd been slit open from groin to sternum and her vulva stabbed.
At Polly's inquest, Edward Walker said of his daughter, "I don't think she had any enemies; she was too good for that."
On her last day, August 30 of 1888, she had three clients, but her taste for gin overruled; she'd told a friend an hour before her murder that she'd earned money for a bed three times over and she drank all the money away. She arrived at the doss-house at 1:30 AM, drunk and penniless. But she felt very confident about finding another client because she was wearing a new hat and felt she looked very pretty; she was drunk, she was missing five front teeth, but she declared, "See what a jolly bonnet I've got!"
She was found on the sidewalk of Buck's Row by two workers at 3:40 AM, she'd been dead for about 20 minutes. Her skirts were pulled up almost to her waist. Her throat had been cut and, later in the mortuary, it was found that she'd been slit open from groin to sternum and her vulva stabbed.
At Polly's inquest, Edward Walker said of his daughter, "I don't think she had any enemies; she was too good for that."
by Lorelili October 07, 2012
Get the Polly Nichols mug.The young countess looked daggers at her clothing designer; she hated these prissy dresses and his even prissier attitude.
The girl carefully lifted her teacup, too prissy to allow her tea to spill all over her lace dress.
The girl carefully lifted her teacup, too prissy to allow her tea to spill all over her lace dress.
by Lorelili January 24, 2011
Get the prissy mug.Strictly female attire in Western fashion, a dress is basically a large shirt or tunic with the waist or the entire upper half of the garment half-fitted or fitted while the lower half can be loose or tight (which inhibits the ability to walk).
The lower half, or skirt, ranges in length from above the knees to the floor.
"Skirt" comes from "skyrta", an old Norse word for "shirt", so it seems appropriate to call an entire dress a skirt and not just the lower half.
Skirt is also slang for a woman, often one who is morally loose.
The lower half, or skirt, ranges in length from above the knees to the floor.
"Skirt" comes from "skyrta", an old Norse word for "shirt", so it seems appropriate to call an entire dress a skirt and not just the lower half.
Skirt is also slang for a woman, often one who is morally loose.
The skirt was once practically a gender-neutral garment before the Rennaissance; men and women wore togas and tunics and nobody said anything about it, and leggings were worn beneath for warmth. Now skirts are limited to women, unless you count the kilt, which looks absolutely stunning!
by Lorelili April 12, 2005
Get the dress mug.Another living version of the "dumb blonde" stereotype. Except this little harlot seems to think that she can sing and act and that she's a beauty...
au contraire, mon cherie: she sounds like she's inhaled helium (not a good thing), she acts about as well as a one legged dog trying to cross a busy street, and she wears enough makeup to supply Detroit... with or without makeup, she's almost always frightening to look at. And let's not get started on her overly-perky personality.
And immature? Yes. She started feuds with Lindsay Lohan and Avril Lavigne, and for what? Something minor.
And her mother has about as much maturity as her, and even partakes in the feuds! Even accusing Lindsay of vandalising Hilary's car when Lindsay was out of the country?! Puh-lease, Hilary and her mother need a good smack in the face.
au contraire, mon cherie: she sounds like she's inhaled helium (not a good thing), she acts about as well as a one legged dog trying to cross a busy street, and she wears enough makeup to supply Detroit... with or without makeup, she's almost always frightening to look at. And let's not get started on her overly-perky personality.
And immature? Yes. She started feuds with Lindsay Lohan and Avril Lavigne, and for what? Something minor.
And her mother has about as much maturity as her, and even partakes in the feuds! Even accusing Lindsay of vandalising Hilary's car when Lindsay was out of the country?! Puh-lease, Hilary and her mother need a good smack in the face.
by Lorelili March 25, 2005
Get the hilary duff mug.A traditionally feminine garment, consisting of a bodice and a skirt. Dresses range from transparent, risqué, low-cut bodices and mini-skirts up to high collars, long sleeves, and skirts that trail on the floor, sometimes accompanied by a head covering.
From Clueless:
"Mel: 'What the hell is that'?
Cher: 'A dress'.
Mel: 'Says who'?
Cher: 'Calvin Klein'."
Looks like underwear to me!
Why do women walk around half-nude and men don't do that? You don't see men wearing shorts to the office like women often wear mini-skirts to work.
"Mel: 'What the hell is that'?
Cher: 'A dress'.
Mel: 'Says who'?
Cher: 'Calvin Klein'."
Looks like underwear to me!
Why do women walk around half-nude and men don't do that? You don't see men wearing shorts to the office like women often wear mini-skirts to work.
by Lorelili March 24, 2005
Get the dress mug.A person who enjoys the very fine and enjoyable art form which requires lazing about, sleeping in, watching tv, possibly binging on junk food.
Not to be mistaken with a baker.
Not to be mistaken with a baker.
by Lorelili June 30, 2005
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