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talent
noun- a categorization of sexually attractive people (within a given area), usually by heterosexual men of women and by homosexual men of men; occasional use by women increased in the 1990s UK, 1947
- [W]hat local talent there is, ah, to hand, as it were, is spread pretty bloody thin on the ground. — Mike Stott, Soldiers Talking, Cleanly, 1978
- I scoured the room looking for possible talent as Eric Clapton launched into “Wonderful Tonight”. — Kitty Churchill, Thinking of England, p. 45, 1995
- There’s enough talent in here for five years of non-stop wanking. — John King, Human Punk, p. 70, 2000
- an intelligent, resourceful criminal US
- — Joseph E. Ragen and Charles Finston, Inside the World’s Toughest Prison, p. 821, 1962: ‘Penitentiary and underworld glossary’
- “Who hit him?” “Outta town talent. It was a specialist kind of job.” — Richard Condon, Prizzi’s Honor, p. 20, 1982
▶ the talent
in the entertainment industry, the actors, the performers US- He paid the talent but said he couldn’t pay the crew. — Robert Stoller and I.S. Levine, Coming Attractions, p. 93, 1991
- [A]s the TV presenter, Wilson chose to remain the talent, “the meat” as Americans call it. — Tony Wilson, 24 Hour Party People, p. 212, 2002
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