glamour puss
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of glamour puss
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
A severe, geometric shawl in navy-black - the piece de resistance - looked like a contemporary reworking of a 1940’s glamour puss stole.
From Washington Times • Mar. 3, 2017
A severe, geometric shawl in navy-black — the piece de resistance — looked like a contemporary reworking of a 1940’s glamour puss stole.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2017
In a way, Holm, who was attractive without being a glamour puss, seemed slightly above it all: more of an observer than a real participant.
From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2012
Images of her monastic appearance during the show had become so ingrained that it was startling to see her sudden transformation into a glamour puss.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2010
First there are the blond-haired good looks: striking but somehow wholesome, more high school prom queen than Hollywood glamour puss.
From Time Magazine Archive
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
