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Doolittle, Eliza Doolittle, ElizaCockney girl taught by professor to imitate aristocracy. [Br. Lit.: Pygmalion]See: Cockney
Doolittle, ElizaCockney flower girl transformed from guttersnipe to lady via better English. [Br. Lit.: Pygmalion]See: Diction, Faulty
Doolittle, Elizaslum girl taught by professor to imitate upper class. [Br. Lit.: Pygmalion]See: Mimicry
Doolittle, ElizaCockney flower-girl, trained by a professor, gains admission to polite society. [Br. Drama: G. B. Shaw Pygmalion; Am. Musical: My Fair Lady in On Stage, 373]See: Transformation |