corsetry
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3ADJ.
medical
CORSETRY + NOUN
cities, shapewear
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in, throughout
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noun
Alternative form of corsetery.
Dressed to Kill: The Medical Consequences of Corsetry.
Women of wealthy mercantile families asserted their status by imitating the styles from royal courts and helped spread the fashion of corsetry throughout cities and towns all across Europe. In subsequent centuries, the corset was modified ...
The collective noticeable portion of a corset.
Henry puts his hands on my waist and expresses surprise at all the boning and corsetry under the silk.
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3Dressed to Kill: The Medical Consequences of Corsetry.
WiktionaryWomen of wealthy mercantile families asserted their status by imitating the styles from royal courts and helped spread the fashion of corsetry throughout cities and towns all across Europe. In subsequ
WiktionaryThe modern bra, as a concept, has its origins in corsetry (so does shapewear, which you'll learn more about in chapter 3).
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