| 词汇 | grable-bodied seamen |
| 词源 | Grable-bodied seamen. Movie actress Betty Grable, her “million-dollar legs” insured by Lloyds of London, was the pin- up girl par excellence during World War II. British sailors used the term Grable-bodied seamen to describe long-stemmed love- lies in the Wrens (Women’s Royal Naval Service) who fit the description. See frankie bailey’s; fanny; charley. |
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