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Mata Hari|ˈmɑːtə ˈhɑːrɪ|
[f. Malay mata eye + hari day.]
The name taken by Margaretha Gertruida Zelle (1876–1917), used fig. to signify a beautiful and seductive spy; also attrib. and as v.
1936E. Waugh Waugh in Abyssinia iii. 96 Patrick's spy..was soon known to the European community as Mata Hari. 1947‘N. Blake’ Minute for Murder vii. 163 He's got it into his thick head that I'm a male Mata Hari. 1948‘P. Quentin’ Run to Death iii. 25 Why don't you come out from behind the Mata Hari and tell me the truth? 1962M. Carleton Dread Sunset vii. 122, I somehow can't see Miss Gantry as Jaspar's Girl Friday, let alone a Mata Hari. 1963H. Slesar Bridge of Lions (1964) i. 19 ‘She?’ Shortlake grinned. ‘Ah. Mata Hari stuff.’ 1970T. Lilley Projects Section xix. 257 She was beginning to look haggard; the strain of Mata-Hari-ing was sure to tell. 1973‘A. Hall’ Tango Briefing xiv. 183 You wouldn't have to frisk this pint-sized Mata Hari: you could see she was armed half a mile away. |