matinee idol

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matinee idol

noun matinee idols

alternative Alternative form of matinée idol He suddenly fulfilled us. He was the expected officer, a junior Lieutenant-Commander. That must have been how he slipped so unchallenged, even fêted, past my father’s defences – who thought it was himself the American visited, the American with the matinee idol’s line moustache, like Errol Flynn’s.

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@misc{matinee_idol_2026,
  title = {matinee idol},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/matinee%20idol},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}