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Like many social scourges, it has frequently been the subject of voyeuristic entertainments, heavy-breathing narratives in the tradition of the great Jackies of lowdown bestsellerdom, Susann and Collins.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2017

To that end there are several Jackies roving in the movie, among them the anxious, breathy hostess who wafts through the White House, explaining her renovations to a CBS crew for a 1962 tour.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2016

But there are 18 such Scotts and Jackies, with the same names and script, giving these tours.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2010

For openers, they look like a winning pair of Jackies, one the actress, the other the Onassis.

From Time Magazine Archive

We Jackies would have liked to yell, but our lessons had been too well learned, and we restrained ourselves.

From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Doubleday, Russell