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- noun Plural form of
Tarzan .
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Examples
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To which a diplomat, Dennis Greenhill, replied: "Unfortunately, along with the birds go some few Tarzans and Man Fridays whose origins are obscure and who are hopefully being wished on to Mauritius."
Stolen island: the shameful story of Diego Garcia hits the stage 2012
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When the most famous of Tarzans, Johnny Weissmuller, retired from the jungle, there was as much argument about his successor Lex Barker as when Sean Connery vacated the role of 007.
The Case of the Missing Adventure Story Allan Massie 2011
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Formulating the plan in 1966, the Foreign Office described the displaced people as "a few Tarzans and Man Fridays".
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By 1964, there were plenty of Tarzans after Elmo Lincoln.
MUSEUM PIECE: "A SLOW FADE TO BLACK" BY ROD SERLING Toby O'B 2010
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*Adn throwz in a few barz of tehs Tarzans Tripes 4Evar, wif teh diablolikal piccolo part!
what happens in - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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While one British foreign official waved aside the Chagossians as no more than a "few Tarzans or Men Fridays," US Admiral Zumwalt made his mark by integrating the Navy and granting more senior roles to women, saying: "There is no black Navy, no white Navy — just one Navy — the United States Navy."
A Black and Disgraceful Site Freedland, Jonathan 2009
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We're going to need people to drive trucks up in the Tarzans.
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To Burroughs's dismay, the Tarzan of Burne Hogarth's gorgeous '30s comic strip and the Tarzans who swung through radio and TV shows, as well as 47 movies, all lacked subtleties.
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He's probably the most handsome of the movie Tarzans of his era.
Archive 2007-04-01 Michael May 2007
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Yes, we were trying to figure out here, Daryn, just how many former Tarzans there are?
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