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    Mrs Grundy is a figurative name for an extremely conventional or priggish person, a personification of the tyranny of conventional propriety. A tendency...
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  • up grundy or Grundy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Grundy or Grundey may refer to: Grundy, Virginia, a town Grundy Center, Iowa, a city Grundy County...
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    she could get if she was free, making her soap opera debut as the nasty Mrs. Sayre on Valiant Lady, who schemed to prevent her daughter from marrying...
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  • this appearance, she is Mrs. Mimi Grundy, the married principal of Riverdale High School. She is reintroduced as "Miss Grundy" in Pep Comics #30 (April...
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  • to that of writer Josephine Van De Grift, columnist of Demi-Tasse and Mrs. Grundy.. Sheldon Ocker: Covered the Cleveland Indians for the Beacon Journal...
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  • needed] Synonyms of "prude" include: goody-goody (in certain contexts) and Mrs Grundy. Antisexualism Christian Right Erotophobia Feminist sex wars Fuddy-duddy...
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    Newspapers.com. p. 5. Van De Grift, Josephine (July 31, 1925). "Demi-Tasse & Mrs. Grundy column". The Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio). p. 12. Retrieved September...
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    20 June 1930. p. 13. Retrieved 25 September 2023. Fryer, Peter (1964). Mrs Grundy: Studies in English Prudery. New York: London House & Maxwell. p. 201...
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  • became erroneously associated with grundyism, giving rise to the eponym. Mrs Grundy "Mothergrundy.org (Archived copy)". Archived from the original on 2009-07-10...
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    incomprehensible goddess of the Erewhonians. Her name is an anagram of Grundy (from Mrs. Grundy, a character in Thomas Morton's play Speed the Plough). In a 1945...
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    chorus girl on Broadway. Her stories and daily column "Demi-Tasse and Mrs. Grundy" were published 1924–1927 in the Akron Beacon Journal. She wrote this...
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  • mitigation or remorse of voice?" Prissy Prim and proper Prude/prudish Mrs Grundy Old fashioned values Victorian Goody-goody or goody-two-shoes Blue law...
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  • called Damis with his forced secret marriage is essential to the plot. Mrs Grundy, an unseen character in Thomas Morton's 1798 play Speed the Plough, has...
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  • London Archived 6 April 2004 at the Wayback Machine Markun, Leo (1930). Mrs. Grundy: a history of four centuries of morals intended to illuminate present...
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    Vice. Burton referred to the society and those who shared its views as Mrs Grundy. A way around this was the private circulation of books amongst the members...
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  •  2023 (2023-06-28) T13.23913 0.19 Mrs. Thornton is fired under suspicion of being a communist, replaced by Mrs. Grundy who mentors Archie despite Frank's...
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  • called Speed the Plough, which introduced the character of the prudish Mrs. Grundy. In George Meredith's novel The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, the young...
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  • Kayles Quadruple Kayles Dawson's Chess Dawson's Kayles Treblecross Grundy's Game Mrs. Grundy Domineering No Highway De Bono's L-Game Snakes-and-Ladders (Adders-and-Ladders)...
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    Lowry, Helen (January 30, 1921). "As the debutante tells it: more about Mrs Grundy and Miss 1921". The New York Times. Freedman, Estelle B. (1974). "The...
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  • "literary coming out", she replied looking irked: "I'll pass that one to Mrs. Grundy", referencing the character who embodies conventional propriety. An unsuccessful...
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  • Pleasure Without Pain My Love"/"So Much Older Now" Side Two (Tails): "Mrs. Grundy"/"Take Me Back"/"I Want You"/"It's a Good Thing"/"Strawberry Fields Forever"...
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    (2nd ed.). ABC-CLIO. p. 590. ISBN 978-1-4408-3987-0. Fryer, Peter (1965). Mrs Grundy: Studies in English Prudery. Corgi. pp. 141–4. Misiroglu, Gina (2015)...
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    It is mostly remembered today for the sake of the unseen character, Mrs Grundy. The original Covent Garden cast included Alexander Pope as Sir Philip...
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  • Handkerchief mouthpiece Lawyer especially criminal defense attorney mrs. grundy A narrow-minded person or group that is overly concerned with censoring...
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  • began to counterbalance the influence of John Calvin, the Mathers and "Mrs Grundy."" Calvinists were renowned for their moral rigor and strict adherence...
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    season Archie's plots center on a secret love affair with his teacher, Mrs. Grundy; while he must choose his between his music and football but must also...
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  • when he discovers that 'old' Mrs. Grundy is a hottie. When Judy catches Brian and Bill staring at the beautiful Mrs. Grundy, Judy orders Bill to have a...
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    the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Angelfire. Retrieved 11 June 2012. Peter Fryer (1965) Mrs Grundy: Studies in English Prudery: 141-44. Corgi v t e...
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  • Question in England 1815–1872. Faber and Faber. Peter, Fryer (1965). Mrs. Grundy: Studies in English Prudery. Corgi Books. "The Glasgow Herald [November...
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  • book Women: An Inquiry is a book-length feminist essay. Her 1936 book Mrs Grundy in Scotland is an investigation of the anxieties and pressure to conform...
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