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Definition of Corsage
1. Noun. An arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present.
Definition of Corsage
1. n. The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as, a low corsage.
Definition of Corsage
1. Noun. (obsolete) The size or shape of a person's body. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete except historical) The waist or bodice of a lady's dress. ¹
3. Noun. A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corsage
1. a small bouquet of flowers [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corsage
Literary usage of Corsage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Vers de Société Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1907)
"A corsage BOUQUET MYRTILLA, to-night, Wears Jacqueminot roses, She's the loveliest
sight! Myrtilla to-night:— Correspondingly light My pocket-book closes. ..."
2. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"Le corsage d'une robe, the boddice, the body of a dress. Le corsage du cheval,
du cerf, the body of the horse, of the stag. ..."
3. The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1912 by Burton Egbert Stevenson (1912)
"A corsage BOUQUET MYRTILLA, to-night, Wears Jacqueminot roses. She's the loveliest
sight! Myrtilla to-night:— Correspondingly light My pocket-book closes. ..."
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