Sex Symbols (See Beauty, Sensual; Buxomness.) Allusions, Definition, Citation, Reference, Information - Allusion to Sex Symbols (See Beauty, Sensual; Buxomness.)
- Conrad dazzling, sexually irresistible pirate, typical Byronic hero. [Br. Lit.: Byron The Corsair in Benét, 226]
- Lace, Miss 1940s armed forces’ pin-up girl from comic strip. [Comics: “Male Call” in Horn, 475]
- Petty girl airbrushed beauty, scantily clad in Esquire’s pages. [Am. Lit.: Misc.]
- “10” fantasy of the ideal female sex object. [Am. Cinema: “10”]
- Vargas girl originally appeared in Esquire, later in Playboy; created by Alberto Vargas. [Am. Art: Vargas]