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‖ pose plastique|poz plastik|
Also posé plastique.
[Fr., lit. ‘flexible pose’.]
A type of tableau vivant, freq. featuring near-naked women. Also transf.
c1846J. R. Planché Invisible Prince (1852) v. 25 The figure..was alive and did both sing and speak... Ah! then it must have been a pose plastique!.. A pose plastique! what's that? 1857Dickens & Collins Lazy Tour v, in Househ. Words 31 Oct. 410/1 Poses Plastiques in the Grand Assembly Room..at seven and nine each evening. 1859G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 77 The vast shop-fronts..offer a series of animated tableaux of poses plastiques in the shape of young ladies in morning costume, and young gentlemen..who are..‘dressing’ the shop window. 1862H. Mayhew London Labour Extra vol. p. xxxi, The demoralizing influence of low theatres, and the licentious corruptions of the Coal Hole and Posés Plastiques, might surely afford scope for rigorous prosecutions under the Society's auspices. 1893N. & Q. 7 Jan. 5/1 In 1846 Nicholson was again back at the Garrick's Head, where he added to his usual attractions poses plastiques and tableaux vivants. 1903Rep. R. Comm. Alien Immigration II. 307/2 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 1742) IX. 1 There were poses plastiques—there were girls half naked. 1963P. Fryer Mrs. Grundy xxvi. 242 The men of the Victorian age were enthusiastic gazers at poses plastiques and tableaux vivants (the precise distinction between these is far from clear). 1969V. G. Kiernan Lords of Human Kind iv. 136 There was a vogue of poses plastiques, and tableaux such as ‘The Sultan's favourite returning from the bath’ were popular. 1974H. R. F. Keating Underside ii. 17 The poses plastiques inside, sir, you're very welcome to step in. |