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Not for a moment did she patronise the character by playing her as blowsily vulgar, yet she effortlessly communicated what it was like to carry a tray of drinks for a living.

From The Guardian • Mar. 14, 2011

Of that type, once blowsily good-looking, was Mrs. Button herself.

From The Fortunate Youth by Locke, William John