Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun United States One of a group of children appearing on the television program The Mickey Mouse Club in the 1950's.
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- noun Any of the
teenage performers featured in theAmerican television variety show The Mickey Mouse Club.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I knew Annette Funicello had been the biggest name Mouseketeer back in the day, later going on to have the good taste to appear with Fishbone in a beach movie.
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I like the little wing-nut caps though, sorta reminds me of the old "Mouseketeer" caps from Disney.
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"Mouseketeer" mouse ears made famous on the Mickey Mouse Club.
eBay Search: (Error) 2010
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AP - FILE - A 1955 file photo of Annette Funicello, a 'Mouseketeer' on
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Curvy Mouseketeer Doreen Tracey would later tell an interviewer that executives requested she and Annette wear silly tight T-shirts under our sweaters to try and flatten us out.
Jennifer Armstrong: What Mouseketeers Taught Me About Feminism Jennifer Armstrong 2010
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"All the guys hated the ears," Mouseketeer Lonnie Burr says in my history of The Mickey Mouse Club, Why?
Jennifer Armstrong: What Mouseketeers Taught Me About Feminism Jennifer Armstrong 2010
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Cubby leaves Lawrence Welk just as former Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess joins it as a dancer.
Jennifer Armstrong: How Disney Became a Kiddie-Star Factory Jennifer Armstrong 2010
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December 1976: Former Mouseketeer Doreen Tracey shocks the world (and Disney executives in particular) with a nude pictorial in men's magazine Gallery.
Jennifer Armstrong: How Disney Became a Kiddie-Star Factory Jennifer Armstrong 2010
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Spring 1957: Mouseketeer girls, particularly Annette Funicello, become known as much for what's, um, underneath their sweaters than for their singing and dancing.
Jennifer Armstrong: How Disney Became a Kiddie-Star Factory Jennifer Armstrong 2010
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More than 2 million Mouseketeer ears sell in its first three months on the air, starting a trend that would never die.
Jennifer Armstrong: How Disney Became a Kiddie-Star Factory Jennifer Armstrong 2010
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