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corsage
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., "size of the body," from Old French cors "body" (see corpse ); the meaning "body of a woman's dress, bodice" is from 1818 in fashion plates translated from French; 1843 in a clearly English context. Sense of "a bouquet worn on the bodice" is ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Corsage refers to the bodice of a dress. In the 19th century, corsage was a common term for a woman's bodice or jacket. Its origin is French . In modern usage, corsage is often confused with a corset , but a corset is tighter. A bridal corset is often a ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Corsage \Cor"sage\ (k[^o]r"s[asl]j), n. [F. See Corset .] The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as, a low corsage. (k[^o]r*s[aum]zh") a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special ...
Usage examples of corsage.
And, amid these deployments, Lefty Stephanides, carrying two corsages, stepped out the front door of his house and began walking to the house where Victoria Pappas lived.
Not only did he ply Tibby with flowers, today he'd bought corsages for every woman in town, as well as boutonnieres for the men.
The fad spread over the world, and in Buenos Aires, London, and Berlin no socialite attended a dansant without a corsage of the Rainbows, as the blooms came to be called.
The whole planet, from the biggest bouquet to the smallest corsage, was ruled over by a king named Richard the Artichoke Heart .
She was wearing what looked like a crepe de chine dress in lilac, with shoulder pads and glass buttons, a big orchid corsage pinned to her left shoulder.