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a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman
a blond actress who was usually typecast as the minx in melodramas
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Noun
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Police and the media classified Gacy’s victims as male prostitutes and homosexuals, using that as an excuse to marginalize and blame them.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Oct. 2025 -
Prosecutors have insisted, however, that Diddy wasn’t paying prostitutes just to make blue movies in their own court filings.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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In videos released by the Arizona Department of Public Safety (AZDPS) Highway Patrol, which were allegedly posted by Carlin, the content creator appears to be speeding away from a police car with its sirens blaring and his motorcycle’s speedometer reaching over 100 mph.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
17 Oct. 2025
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Families huddled in safe rooms assume the sirens will end soon but grow alarmed as the sound of gunfire builds.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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Help, of course, isn’t coming—not over the Indian Ocean, not in the nursing home, not on the tramps’ moonlit road.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
2 Oct. 2025
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Once per act, a second duo crashes in on Didi and Gogo, providing the tramps’ power balance with a lurid, distended foil.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Minxes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minxes. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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