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bodice-rippings

bodice-rippings is the plural of bodice-ripping.

Meaning of bodice-ripping

Noun

bodice-ripping (usually uncountable, plural bodice-rippings)

  1. (usually) A lustful scene of seduction and violent or forcefully initiated sex.
    • We had a long debate about the ethics of bodice-ripping—who was allowed to rip and who got ripped.1989, Alice Thomas Ellis, Home Life Four - Volume 4, page 72
    Synonyms:
    bodice-rippery

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Questions about bodice-rippings

What is bodice-rippings the plural of?
Bodice-rippings is the plural of bodice-ripping.

Words near bodice-rippings in the dictionary

  1. bodice rippings
  2. bodice-ripper
  3. bodice-rippers
  4. bodice-rippery
  5. bodice-ripping
  6. bodice-rippings
  7. bodiced
  8. bodiceripper
  9. bodicerippers
  10. bodices
  11. bodicing

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