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Park Avenue
Name of a street in New York City, U.S.A., used attrib. and as adj. to designate the fashionable and luxurious style of life for which it is noted.
1956R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond vi. 59 Mrs. Van Damm looked very handsome and bland, with blue hair and eyes and Park Avenue clothes. 1971M. Babson Cover-up Story vi. 67 Lou-Ann isn't Park Avenue Hillbilly material... Hillbilly, yes. Park Avenue, no. 1975J. Hone Sixth Directorate iv. 149 She had all the rare finesse of a Park Avenue debutante. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 13 Mar. 7/1 They know we run a Park Avenue operation at Marquette, that we SRO the joint. The kids realize that by playing at Marquette they'll be constantly in the limelight and get good pro contracts. |