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This startler of a show gave a sense of what an art world New Normal looked and felt like when it hit more than half a century ago.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2022

Another startler was the wig hat, on which a cascade of hibiscus blossoms fell from a black felt pillbox, making the wearer look like Harpo Marx in an unusually casual moment.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a regular startler and no mistake.”

From The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)

Didn't grasp his dashed Hact, not at fust, though of course I opposed it like fun; But this 'ere Memyrandum's a startler.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 5, 1891 by Various

Seldom had Jack Ashton received such a startler.

From Settling Day by Gould, Nat