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corselet

[kawr-suh-let, kawrs-lit] / ˌkɔr səˈlɛt, ˈkɔrs lɪt /
NOUN
corset
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Famed Choreographer Agnes de Mille, who danced the part first in 1938, turned up as Venus in droopy net stockings, ruffled corselet and a blonde wig suggesting Gorgeous George playing Lady Godiva.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bande Nere was with them, seated on a rough wooden bench cleaning his corselet, which already shone like silver.

From The Honour of Savelli A Romance by S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats

Ivan drew from his necktie his breast-pin, and with it closed the countess's corselet.

From Black Diamonds by Mór Jókai

Jason saw King Æetes in his chariot, a blazing torch lighting his corselet and his helmet.

From The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum

An arrow pierced her bosom, but drawing it out with her own hand and throwing it aside, she showed the French her blood-stained corselet, and once more urged them on.

From Recitations for the Social Circle by James Clarence Harvey


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