Definition of Corsetiere

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Corsetiere

corsac
corsacs
corsage
corsages
corsair
corsairs
corselet
corselets
corselette
corselettes
corsepresent
corsepresents
corses
corset
corseted
corsetiere (current term)
corsetieres
corseting
corsetless
corsetlessness
corsetlike
corsetmaker
corsetmakers
corsetmaking
corsetries
corsetry
corsets
corsive
corsives
corslet

Literary usage of Corsetiere

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Personality in Business: How to Give Personality to Business--personalities (1917)
"These two paragraphs from a letter written to the Gossard organization by a corsetiere who got one is rather conclusive proof to the contrary: "This is too ..."

2. Annual Proceedings: Addresses, Reports, Bibliographies and Discussions (1916)
"Upon receipt of her agreement, the corsetiere's specific training begins ... This, both to put the corsetiere in the proper attitude toward work and to set ..."

3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"... and vowed that she must send her corsetiere the next morning. She vowed that it was a delightful ball; that there was everybody that every one knew, ..."

4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1898)
"... the most fashionable lady corsetiere, who owns six blocks of houses, is to represent a white peacock, her husband, a genial member of our leading clubs, ..."

5. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... must send her corsetiere the next morning. She vowed that it was a delightful ball: that there was everybody that every one knew, and only a very few ..."

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