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décolleté

[dey-kol-tey, -kol-uh-, dek-uh-luh-, dey-kawl-tey] / ˌdeɪ kɒlˈteɪ, -kɒl ə-, ˌdɛk ə lə-, deɪ kɔlˈteɪ /
ADJECTIVE
low-cut
Synonyms


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With an embellished floral cape and daring décolleté, Lopez marveled — and occasionally shimmied— from the Saab front row as vibrant beats accompanied the shimmering ode to Marrakech.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2024

"Now that we have the face so well treated, we're looking at the hands, neck and décolleté."

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2012

The décolleté style prevails in the cut of the dresses, which are made simply, and generally present the combination of white and black.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various

Is it Lake of Aqua Chiquite—wears his hair décolleté; talks like he had a washboard in his throat; tailor-made face; walks like a duck on stilts; general sort of pouter-pigeon effect?”

From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

A married lady who dances only a few quadrilles may wear a décolleté silk dress with propriety.

From Routledge's Manual of Etiquette by Routledge, George




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