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corsage
UK /kɔːˈsɑːʒ/ US /kɔɹˈsɑʒ/
noun 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
white
VERB + CORSAGE
get, got, like, pinned
CORSAGE + NOUN
mary's
PREP.
on, with
Definitions
noun
1
The size or shape of a person's body.
2
The waist or bodice of a woman's dress.
She now selected a slinky garment, composed of what male writers call “some soft, clinging material,” with a corsage which outlined her figure and a skirt which waved tempestuously around her ankles.
3
A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.
Brody (Damian Lewis): Will you go to the prom with me? / Carrie: Do I get a corsage?
Here, I got a corsage for you to give to Jenna. I don't know if kids still do corsages. I always got ones for Darius' girlfriends. This one is made with lilies.
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She now selected a slinky garment, composed of what male writers call “some soft, clinging material,” with a corsage which outlined her figure and a skirt which waved tempestuously around her ankles.
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Brody (Damian Lewis): Will you go to the prom with me? / Carrie: Do I get a corsage?
Wiktionary03
Here, I got a corsage for you to give to Jenna. I don't know if kids still do corsages. I always got ones for Darius' girlfriends. This one is made with lilies.
Wiktionary04
Tom pinned a white corsage on Mary's dress.
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Do you like the corsage?
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