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corsages

corsages is the plural of corsage.

Meaning of corsage

Noun

corsage (plural corsages)

  1. 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?2011, “The Weekend” (32:42 from the start), in Homeland, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes)
  2. (historical) 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.1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter XVIII, in Have His Carcase
  3. (obsolete) The size or shape of a person's body.

Questions about corsages

What is corsages the plural of?
Corsages is the plural of corsage.

Words near corsages in the dictionary

  1. corsac
  2. corsac fox
  3. corsac foxes
  4. corsacs
  5. corsage
  6. corsages
  7. corsair
  8. corsairs
  9. Corsalini
  10. Corsalinis
  11. Corsaro

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