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Toklas

American  
[toh-kluhs] / ˈtoʊ kləs /

noun

  1. Alice B., 1877–1967, U.S. author in France: friend and companion of Gertrude Stein.


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She gives insufficient weight to the suspicions that surround Stein and Toklas’s conduct during the Vichy regime that came into being following the German Occupation of France.

From The Wall Street Journal

The restaurant is named after Alice B. Toklas, partner of Gertrude Stein, and is part of Living Out, a luxury apartment complex for LGBTQIA+ adults.

From Salon

Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas convened and inspired an entire network of “lost generation” artists and writers in their Paris salon.

From Los Angeles Times

Probably 0: The number of times Alice B. Toklas actually visited the hotel.

From Seattle Times

Friendly with the Kennedys, Lauren Bacall and Alice B. Toklas, he was as familiar from the society pages as from the arts section.

From New York Times