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Torchy — can refer to * Torchy (comics), a comic strip and comic book by Bill Ward, featuring the heroine Torchy Todd * Torchy the Battery Boy , a television series … Wikipedia
torchy — ˈtȯchē, ȯ(ə)ch , chi adjective ( er/ est) Etymology: torch (as in torch song) + y : of or relating to a torch song : characteristic of or appropriate to a torch song its leader s profound feeling for a torchy ballad Metronome … Useful english dictionary
torchy — adjective (torchier; est) Date: 1941 of, relating to, characteristic of, or being a torch song or torch singer < a torchy ballad > … New Collegiate Dictionary
Torchy (comics) — Torchy is a comic strip and, primarily, a series of comic books featuring the ingenue Torchy Todd, created by the American good girl art cartoonist Bill Ward in 1944.Publication historyFollowing Bill Ward s drafting into the World War II military … Wikipedia
Torchy Blane — is a fictional female newsperson who appeared in a series of Warner Brothers B films during the 1930s. She was loosely based upon the Kennedy character in the MacBride and Kennedy stories by Louis Frederick Nebel, although the two characters… … Wikipedia
Torchy the Battery Boy — Infobox television show name = Torchy the Battery Boy format = Children s Adventure runtime = 15 minutes creator = Roberta Leigh starring = Kenneth Connor Jill Raymond Olwyn Griffiths Patricia Somerset country = UK network = ITV first aired =… … Wikipedia
torchy — adjective Having the character of a torch song … Wiktionary
torchy — torch•y [[t]ˈtɔr tʃi[/t]] adj. torch•i•er, torch•i•est mad of or characteristic of a torch song or a torch singer • Etymology: 1940–45, amer … From formal English to slang
Bill Ward (comics) — William Bill Ward (March 6, 1919 November 17, 1998) was an American cartoonist best known as one of the most widely published good girl artists, and as creator of the risqué comics character Torchy.He is not to be confused with the British… … Wikipedia
Jackie Ormes — Infobox Comics creator name = Jackie Ormes imagesize = 150px caption = Jackie Ormes birthname = Zelda Mavin Jackson birthdate = August 1, 1911 location = deathdate = death date and age|1985|12|26|1911|08|01 deathplace = Chicago, Illinois… … Wikipedia
