Definitions
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- noun An older woman who seduces a younger man.
- verb Of a woman: to
seduce (a younger man).
Etymologies
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Examples
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- "Mrs. Robinson" - A big fat BOO to the string section in this recording.
mjsbigblog 2010
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Her Mrs. Robinson is a bit harder and less cunning than Bancroft's, but she gives the play far more zing and presence than it rightly deserves.
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"Mrs. Robinson" - Simon & Garfunkel, The Best Of ...
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Casey James, who spent weeks of this competition living down the Kara's Boy Toy gag with which he got saddled during the auditions, has decided to embrace it and goes with "Mrs. Robinson" from "The Graduate."
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In Nichols 'honor, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel sang "Mrs. Robinson," one of their tunes from "The Graduate."
Julia Roberts, Oprah, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman & More Honor Mike Nichols (PHOTOS) 2010
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If Berkeley had an official city song (who's got time for fact checking?) shouldn't it be Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson," from the Graduate soundtrack album?
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A spoof by the new duo of Harding and Mirman of Simon & Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" gave the evening its touch of vaudeville.
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There's also a strained, awkward "Hallelujah, I Love Her So"; a supremely goofy take on "Mrs. Robinson" with Sinatra-ized lyrics; and the title track, which even Frank himself didn't like.
Tony Sachs: 11 Years After His Death, "New" Music From Frank Sinatra 2009
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Art Garfunkel brought "The Sounds of Silence," "Mrs. Robinson," "Not Fade Away" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water," in which he indeed conquered the high notes.
Harvey Wasserman: Rock Hall Rocks to a $4 Million-Plus Haul 2009
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Len Birnbaum Highland Park, IllinoisIn the early '80s, as I was walking through Denver's Stapleton Airport, Paul Simon's evocative song "Mrs. Robinson" was playing on the loudspeakers.
Balkan Entanglements 2008
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