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glamour, n. SECOND EDITION 1989 
DRAFT ADDITIONS JUNE 2006

  attrib. euphem. (orig. Brit.). Of or relating to nude or topless modelling or photography, as glamour model, glamour photography, etc.

1981 Times 16 Sept. 25/5 (advt.) We are looking for new faces for fashion, photographic and glamour modelling. 1989 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 29 Apr. 10/2 Glamour modelling which has become extremely popular worldwide in the last decade is due mainly to England's top selling daily newspaper, The Sun. 1992 Daily Mail (Nexis) 28 July H3 Sometimes I felt I wasn't setting the right image with my glamour photography{em}I felt I should have spent more time at home being a Laura Ashley mother. 2004 K. PRICE Being Jordan x. 77, I thought that I looked flat-chested and not as sexy as the other girls on the glamour circuit.