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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List of Archie Comics characters (redirect from Miss Grundy)
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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List of Riverdale characters (section Geraldine Grundy)
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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