Addams
[ad-uh mz]
- Charles (Samuel),1912–88, U.S. cartoonist.
- Jane,1860–1935, U.S. social worker and writer: Nobel Peace Prize 1931.
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Contemporary Examples
You also had a pretty uncomfortable costume in The Addams Family, which is surprising, since your performance feels so effortless.
All Eyes on Anjelica Huston: The Legendary Actress on Love, Abuse, and Jack NicholsonAlex Suskind
November 10, 2014
This “Popular Song” music video is The Addams Family meets… Wicked.
When you had the bit part as a police desk sergeant in the film Addams Family Values, was it your dream one day to play Gomez?
Anyway, that's all I remember from my one day of shooting Addams Family Values.
I guess he and others were expecting the Sondheim/Tony Kushner Addams Family musical as directed by Peter Brook.
Historical Examples
In the future Mrs. Addams' statement, revised by Whistler, will live.
The Life of James McNeill WhistlerElizabeth Robins Pennell
"They're coming on, the Addams breed of citizens," said they.
The PrecipiceElia Wilkinson Peattie
Within a short time Mrs. Addams was chosen massire, a position she held until the school closed.
The Life of James McNeill WhistlerElizabeth Robins Pennell
Mrs. Addams has told us of the great success of one, Miss Prince, who had never been in an art school.
The Life of James McNeill WhistlerElizabeth Robins Pennell
So, until Miss Addams should deign to declare herself, it seemed as if whist or dancing might break out at any moment.
Gray youthOliver Onions
Addams
- Jane. 1860–1935, US social reformer, feminist, and pacifist, who founded Hull House, a social settlement in Chicago: Nobel peace prize 1931
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