tail off, handyman, -gyne, androgyne. Sidney Poitier "Lilies of the Field."

Lilies of the Field (1963)
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A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.

Sidney Poitier made history #OnThisDay in 1964 after becoming the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in "Lilies of the Field." Poitier helped redefine the way Black characters were portrayed in films and used his success to advocate for greater racial equality.

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'The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson'

By JEROME CHARYN
Reviewed by CARYN JAMES

Jerome Charyn imagines an Emily Dickinson consumed with obsessive desire for a handyman, a scholar and other fictional men.

handyman

also

n.

A man who does odd jobs or various small tasks.

雑役夫; 何でも屋, 重宝な人.

-gyne

suff.
Female reproductive organ: trichogyne.

[From Greek gunē, woman.]

trichogyne definition : trichogyne n a hairlike projection of the female reproductive organs of certain algae, fungi, and lichens, which receives the male gametes before fertilization takes place (C19: from tricho- + Greek gune woman) ...

androgyne

━━ n. 雌雄花同座植物; 男女どちらかわからない格好をする人; 両性具有者.
 an・drog・y・nous
　━━ a. 雌雄花同座の; 両性具有の; 中性的な.
an・drog・y・ny　n.

tail off

Also, tail away. Diminish gradually, subside, as in The fireworks tailed off into darkness. [Mid-1800s]