brassiere
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The film’s laughs come from empathy, not derision, when a brassiere saleswoman tut-tuts that Margaret is “not even a 32A.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2023
Only when DNA technology advanced to the point where a complete genetic profile could be developed from evidence gleaned from the girl’s brassiere could a solid link be made, Detective Leah Wagner said.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2020
And yet he is very much alive when I meet him at a crowded ancient brassiere called the Cafe de la Concorde for lunch in the heart of Toulouse.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2018
Try wearing your black brassiere on top of your canary-yellow shantung brunch coat and get back to me.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2014
What I see first is a picture: the Venus de Milo, in a black-and- white photo, with a mustache and a black brassiere and armpit hair drawn clumsily on her.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
The exhibition traces the history of brassieres, from their development as "bust supporters" in the 1860s through their wide adoption in the early 20th century to the introduction of Lycra in the late 1950s.
From US News ● Apr. 13, 2016
They didn’t know how deep it would get or what they might encounter, so they tucked their IDs into their brassieres in case their bodies had to be identified.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2015
And before turning to e-cigarettes in 2006, the founders of First Union made silica gel brassieres and weight loss belts.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2014
But brassieres aren’t designed for us—they get loose.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 21, 2013
Back in Georgia when my classmates started turning up in training brassieres, one after another, like it was a catching disease, I bobbed off my hair and vowed to remain a tomboy.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
