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  • John R. Rice (google him) did a sermon years ago on Bobbed Hair.

    Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine 2009

  • This gives a whole new meaning to the term "I've just been Bobbed."

    Getting a Bad Vibe Here... 2010

  • Caught in mid-heist, the shoplifter was forced to write an apology to the shop owners — her aunt and uncle — but signed it jauntily “Betty the Bobbed-Haired Bandit.”

    Opting for Wit Over Sincerity 2007

  • Caught in mid-heist, the shoplifter was forced to write an apology to the shop owners — her aunt and uncle — but signed it jauntily “Betty the Bobbed-Haired Bandit.”

    Opting for Wit Over Sincerity 2007

  • Caught in mid-heist, the shoplifter was forced to write an apology to the shop owners — her aunt and uncle — but signed it jauntily “Betty the Bobbed-Haired Bandit.”

    Opting for Wit Over Sincerity 2007

  • Bobbed women smoked in public, drank and did any number of equally unseemly things.

    Archive 2008-02-01 2008

  • I have to admit, the stories like this one and like My Bludgeon and the Bobbed White, have me chuckling to myself, amused, but completely confused.

    Except for the Sickness I’m Quite Healthy Now. You Can Believe That. | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast 2006

  • Some 20th-century low points: 1917: U.S. enters WWI and women donate their steel corsets to the effort; the 28,000 tons of steel they save are enough to build two battleships. 1920s: Bobbed hair waves across the nation, but snooty Chicago department-store Marshall Field refuses to employ women with hair cut above the shoulder. 1932: Paris police chief sees Marlene Dietrich walking by the Seine in man's jacket and pants; orders her to leave.

    Informal Immortals 2008

  • Bobbed women smoked in public, drank and did any number of equally unseemly things.

    Popular Hairstyles of the 20th Century 2008

  • I'm really liking that Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin book.

    On Being Unable to Read Becca 2005

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