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Definition of Corsetry
1. the work of making corsets [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corsetry
Literary usage of Corsetry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Proceedings: Addresses, Reports, Bibliographies and Discussions (1917)
"... better by teaching them the science of corsetry, and we can do it much better
if we take a corset and put it on a model and present it to the class—the ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1865)
"... corsetry round the metropolis is almost a necessity of lit., to protest against
the practice of keeping the ..."
3. Advertising: A Practical Presentation of the Principles Underlying the by Harry Tipper, George Burton Hotchkiss (1914)
"This is the spirit of Fashion today The secret of corsetry is naturalness.
How comfortable you are—perfectly fined in one of the new ..."
4. Catalogue of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress Copyright Office (1918)
"Nemo hygienic corsetry. Lesson no. 15-17. 3 v. illus., diagrs. 8vo. [20738 © Aug.
17. 1918 ; 2 c. and aff Aug. ..."
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