Meaning of Stays | Babel Free
steɪzExamples
“Her face⟳ was whiter than snow⟳, and her heart was throbbing through her stays.”
““Listen⟳! I see⟳ it all — down, down even to the stays! Such stays! Six-eight a pair, Polly, with red flannel — or list is it? — that they put⟳ into the tops of those fearful things. I can draw⟳ you a picture of them.””
“Her throat was contracted, her breasts strove against the enlacement of her stays, she was about to weep⟳.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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