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bodice-ripper

n. (alternative spelling of bodice ripper English)

Usage examples of "bodice-ripper".

And when he got over his surprise that Charlene was a bodice-ripper addict, he decided it wasn't necessarily a bad thing, though in her circle, reading books like that would be tantamount to wearing a tall pointy hat in the streets of Salem Village, Mass.

And when he got over his surprise that Charlene was a bodice-ripper addict, he decided it wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, though in her circle, reading books like that would be tantamount to wearing a tall pointy hat in the streets of Salem Village, Mass.

Long ago such mellers had been called bodice-rippers when they were softcore and degs for degradation when they were genuine-certified hardcore pornography.