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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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reflect up
Please let me know the meaning of "do black patent leather shoes really reflect up?"
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This is the title of a book by John Powers. It was adapted to a Broadway musical, and it's about a group of kids growing up while attending Catholic parochial school, where the girls were instructed to always wear underwear because their black patent leather shoes might be as reflective as mirrors, allowing boys to see under their skirts. Patent leather is a very shiny material.
- This is the title of a book by John Powers.
- It was adapted to a Broadway musical, and it's about a group of kids growing up while attending Catholic parochial school, where the girls were instructed to always wear underwear because their black patent leather shoes might be as reflective as mirrors, allowing boys to see under their skirts.
- Patent leather is a very shiny material.
- The title lampoons prudishness that borders on the prurient.
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This is the title of a book by John Powers. It was adapted to a Broadway musical, and it's about a group of kids growing up while attending Catholic parochial school, where the girls were instructed to always wear underwear because their black patent leather shoes might be as reflective as mirrors, allowing boys to see under their skirts. Patent leather is a very shiny material. The title lampo
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