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- noun One who acts as the legendary Greek sculptor Pygmalion (who was granted the wish of having life given to a sculpture of his which he loved a great deal), as in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion in which he sometimes refers to his main character (Henry Higgins) as Pygmalion Higgins.
- adjective
Bloody (only in 'not pygmalion likely'), from the sensational, and then scandalous, line 'not bloody likely' in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion.
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Am I right? fanboy_d if this was pygmalion instead of my fair lady i'd be more into it. joe wright's awesome.
Keira Knightley and Joe Wright Reteaming For My Fair Lady Remake | /Film 2009
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I asked you about ‘pygmalion principal’ in here and you asked me to email you about it.
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