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brassière
brassière (ˈbræsɪɛə(r), -ɪə, -z-) Also brassiere. [Fr., orig. (17c.) bodice, now chiefly in pl. ‘leading strings (of infant)’.] A woman's undergarment worn to support the breasts.1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 5 July 3/7 (Advt.), Brassieres of fine cambric, lace and embroidery trimmed. 1912 Qu... Oxford English Dictionary
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brassièred: Chapter 1: What is brassière discipline?
Brassière discipline, also known as brassière training, involves a wife having her husband wear a bra 1 in order to encourage the development of more submissive aspects of his personality. A man who wears a brassière for his wife when he would not otherwise do so is said to be brassièred, and may be referred to as a brassièred husband. brassiered.com
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Bra
In the 1930s, brassiere/brassière was gradually shortened to bra. An urban legend that the brassière was invented by a man named Otto Titzling ("tit sling") who lost a lawsuit with Phillip de Brassière ("fill up the brassière wikipedia.org
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Cup - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
teacup. paper cup. Cup may also mean: Measuring cup, a measuring instrument for liquids and powders, used primarily in cooking. Cup (unit), a customary unit of volume and measure. Cancer of unknown primary origin, form of cancer. The cup of a brassière, the part that covers the breasts. A cup-shaped trophy or award for winning in a sport.
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braless
braless, a. (ˈbrɑːlɪs) Also bra-less. [f. bra n.1 + -less.] a. Of a woman: without a brassière; not wearing a bra. Also absol.1964 Women's Wear Daily 27 Nov. 16/1 Now there's a bra-slip for the bra-less..and watch the notion of double-duty fashion underlings grow. 1971 Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.... Oxford English Dictionary
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Otto Titsling by Bette Midler - Songfacts
Songfacts®: This humorous ditty tells the story of Otto Titsling (as in "tit-sling"), a German who, according to legend, invented the bra, only to have his designs stolen by a Frenchman named M. de Brassière, who got all the glory and became the namesake of the brassière. The source of this legend is a spoof book called Bust-Up: The ...
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Otto Titzling
Otto Titzling is a fictional character apocryphally described as the inventor of the brassière in the 1971 satire Bust-Up: The Uplifting Tale of Otto Titzling appeared in the game Trivial Pursuit (fooled by the hoax, the gamemakers listed Otto Titzling as the "correct answer" to the question of who invented the brassière wikipedia.org
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falsies
falsies, n. pl. colloq. (orig. U.S.). (ˈfɔːlsɪz) [f. false a. + -ie.] A padded brassière; breast-pads. Also transf.1943 N.Y. Post 6 Oct. 42/3 ‘Falsies’..the term for the pads that convert them [sc. nightclub chorus girls] from 32s to 34s. 1946 Life 14 Oct. 35 ‘Falsies’, padded rubber or cloth brassi... Oxford English Dictionary
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Wallace Reyburn
responsible for a number of well-known urban legends, including the widespread belief that the flush toilet was invented by Thomas Crapper and that the brassière wikipedia.org
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bra
▪ I. bra1 (brɑː) Formerly also (as sing.) bras. Colloq. abbrev. of brassière. Also attrib.1936 W. B. M. Ferguson Somewhere off Borneo i. 26 She wore nothing but a ‘bras’, the briefest of French knickers, and the sheerest of white silk hose. 1936 New Yorker 28 Mar. 7 (Advt.), Bras..50 c. 1937 Night &... Oxford English Dictionary
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History of cleavage
During the next century, the brassière industry went through many ups and downs, often influenced by the demand for cleavage. In 1947, Frederick Mellinger of Frederick's of Hollywood created the first padded brassière followed a year later by an early push-up version dubbed "The wikipedia.org
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underwire
ˈunderwire, n. N. Amer. [under- 5 b.] a. A wire or strap stitched into the underside of each cup of a brassière, to support or shape the breast; also, the material used for this. Freq. attrib. b. A brassière with such support.1973 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 22 Aug. 10 (Advt.), Underwire point d'... Oxford English Dictionary
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Bust/waist/hip measurements
Brassière band size is measured below the breasts, not at the bust. wikipedia.org
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undercup
ˈundercup, n. Also under-cup. [under-1 5 b.] The lower section or underside of a brassière cup.1945 Corsets & Brassieres Sept. 33/2 (caption) A satin rayon bra... Undercup stitches for firm support. 1951 People 3 June 2/1 (Advt.), This Kayser Bondor brassiere has quilted stitched under-cups for firm... Oxford English Dictionary
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胸罩 - 维基百科,自由的百科全书
维基百科,自由的百科全书. )是一種衣物,又稱 ,有時也以泛稱「 」來代替,其功能是用以遮蔽及支撐 使用,但也有少數專供 。. "胸罩"一词源自 ,稱之為"Brassière",但現在一般都簡稱為"Bra"。. "Brassière"在法語的原來意思是 流行穿一種非常緊身 ...
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