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That is largely because in number after number, a dream ensemble led by a lithe and charismatic Aaron Tveit as Frank, Tom Wopat as his con man, boozy dad, and Norbert Leo Butz as Carl Hanratty, the shleppy cop who takes him in, dazzles.
Regina Weinreich: Con Me If You Can: The Broadway Musical Regina Weinreich 2011
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That is largely because in number after number, a dream ensemble led by a lithe and charismatic Aaron Tveit as Frank, Tom Wopat as his con man, boozy dad, and Norbert Leo Butz as Carl Hanratty, the shleppy cop who takes him in, dazzles.
Regina Weinreich: Con Me If You Can: The Broadway Musical Regina Weinreich 2011
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I like seeing shleppy moms at Target in the morning, it's real.
Singing a Little Nina Holly 2009
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"The Mirror Has Two Faces is about a shleppy Jewish gal, played by Streisand, whose live-in mother Lauren Bacall ridicules her for never going out on dates -this is based on a French film called Le Miroir a Deux Faces and not The Golden Girls -"
Cinema of the Absurd: The Mirror Has Two Faces Glenn Dunks 2009
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Mostly I get Inti Imports' pants, though, the Comfort Pants, which on their website look shleppy but in solid black are wonderful, they have width at the hips and then taper down at the ankle, and I have dressed them up and down with various colors and shapes and accessories.
"Closet Smarts" Is Out!! PeaceBang 2006
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And slightly more shleppy ones , but not bad, and that one is a Prada knock-off.
What Not To Carry PeaceBang 2006
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You must understand, I don't use them all the time, and I can't afford this little gem or this or even this but these are nothing like shleppy big backpags.
What Not To Carry PeaceBang 2006
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Night Court is a wonderful reminder of a bygone era when there were sitcom formulas other than "shleppy husband and hot wife" or "a bunch of hot twentysomethings."
DVD Verdict 2009
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The rest of the findings were less than revelatory: 78 per cent of women believe the way they dress affects their day at work, feel and perform better when they look "smart," and, presumably, feel at a disadvantage when they're ill-kempt and shleppy.
Jezebel 2009
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If shleppy shoes equal verite, color me Stella Adler!
Jezebel 2008
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