Meaning of corsetiere | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female corsetmaker, or a woman in a shop who fits corsets.
2. Alternative spelling of corsetiere.
   alt-of, alternative

Examples

“Mr. Wadsworth grew up in Newnan, where his father tended produce in a grocery store, and his mother cinched in the town’s women as a corsetiere in a clothing shop, her young son often watching from the dressing-room corner.”

“The woman had been in a hospital and upon her recovery was advised that she should wear a corset, whereupon a corsetière was sent for and she was fitted in the hospital.”

“It was whispered that he was thinking of importing a corsetière. Imagine—a corsetière!”

“A corsetière in a department store, who has made a study of corset requirements for many years, has been amazed at the general slowness to consider the figure seriously.”

“In 1900 Mme Gaches-Sarraute, of Paris, a corsetière who had studied medicine, designed a new corset to remedy this.”

“A lady reporter sent to interview her (she had since become a corsetière and proud of her figure) was satisfied as to the truth of the story, and convinced the editor accordingly.”

“In 1900, Madame Inez Gâches-Sarraute, a corsetière who also had a degree in medicine, invented the “straight-front” or “hygienic” corset.”

“She set herself up as a corsetière, making and selling stays and corsets from her shop in Tacket Street.”

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