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bodice
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synonyms: corset, corsage ???
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Definition:1. A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays.2. A close-fitting outer waist or vest forming the upper part of a woman's dress, or a portion of it.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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He imagined, probably mistakenly, that this low-necked bodice had been made on his account,
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Smoothed out on the bed, it proved to be a low-necked gown of heavy cream-colored satin, with a separate bodice that buttoned with dozens of tiny cloth-covered buttons, each embroidered with a gold fleur-de-lis.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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Mrs. Miggins: And I shall wear the granite gown and limestone bodice of MacMiggins, queen of all the herds.
BBC. Blackadder, season 3: Duel and Duality
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She had, like a man, thrust in between two buttons of her bodice a tortoise-shell eyeglass.
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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