Betty Boopish

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of Betty Boop.

Examples

“When all hope⟳ of getting the foreman, a misanthropic looking fellow, and the school marm to change⟳ their minds, was gone, the foreman lost his temper and struck a Betty Boopish little feminine juror, and Mrs. Crane, rushing in where angels might have⟳ feared to tread, made the most of it.”

“May Questal (Betty Boop to you) will take⟳ over Morton Bowe’s spot on the Baron Munchausen program⟳ at 8:30 p. m. over WENR-NBC, and will sing⟳ songs in her best Betty Boopish manner.”

“The free hand of the artist has drawn Cindy’s magic fairy godmother in screwball shades and the soundman has given the curly haired heroine a set⟳ of “Betty Boopish” vocal cords.”

“A prim University of California graduate, her hair in pigtails, sat in the first-floor dining room of the Bund Hotel in Yokohama last⟳ week and answered newsmen’s questions in a Betty Boopish voice.”

“And yet she flaunted her 7 Minutes in Heaven come-hither — not to mention⟳ a whipped-cream-bazooka bra — with Betty Boopish abandon, a playful PG-13 streak that helped her become⟳ the most bankable woman in pop music.”

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