Meaning of Corsage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The size or shape of a person's body.
   obsolete
2. The waist or bodice of a woman's dress.
   historical
3. A small bouquet of flowers, originally worn attached to the bodice of a woman's dress.

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Brody (Damian Lewis): Will you go to the prom with me? / Carrie: Do I get a corsage?”

“Here, I got a corsage for you to give to Jenna. I don't know if kids still do corsages. I always got ones for Darius' girlfriends. This one is made with lilies.”

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