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corsage [kɔːˈsɑːʒ] n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a flower or small bunch of flowers worn pinned to the lapel, bosom, etc., or sometimes carried by women 2. (Clothing & Fashion) the bodice of a dress [from Old French, from cors body, from Latin corpus] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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ventured to take billets from the corsage of Mademoiselle de Hautefort. Perhaps Penelope, who came down in a wonderful black velveteen gown, with a bunch of scarlet roses in her corsage, was the only one who seemed successfully to ignore the passage of arms which had taken place so short a while ago. All around her, all glances were riveted, all mouths open; and, in fact, when she danced thus, to the humming of the Basque tambourine, which her two pure, rounded arms raised above her head, slender, frail and vivacious as a wasp, with her corsage of gold without a fold, her variegated gown puffing out, her bare shoulders, her delicate limbs, which her petticoat revealed at times, her black hair, her eyes of flame, she was a supernatural creature. |
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