garter

mastery
UK /ˈɡɑːtə/ US /ˈɡɑːɹtɚ/nounverb

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Lady Hester loathed the coarse, deluded and lecherous Princess Caroline, who showed off to Smith by 'dancing about, exposing herself, like an opera girl', and even gartering below the knee.