bosom

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"'Sh --' sh -- 'sh! don' say nothin ', baby," she whispered, in Evelyn's ear; "but dis heah chicken in my bosom is a-ticklin 'me so I can't hardly set still."

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  1. noun The chest of a human: He held the sleepy child to his bosom.
  2. noun A woman's breast or breasts.
  3. noun The part of a garment covering the chest or breasts.

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breast ·  brow ·  lip ·  heart ·  expanse ·  countenance ·  chest ·  shoulder ·  belly ·  beauty ·  thigh ·  smile

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bosom:   bosoms
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English bōsm.

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  1. Early modern English also bosome, boosome; from Middle English bosom, bosum, bosem, from Anglo-Saxon bōsum, bōsm (=Old Saxon bōsom = OFries. bōsm = Dutch boezem = Middle Low German busem, bōsem, bossen, Low German bussem = Old High German buosum, buosam, Middle High German buosem, buosen, German busen), bosom; perhaps orig., like fathom, the space between the two arms; with formative -sm, from bōh, bōg, arm: see bough.
  2. from bosom, n.
 

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/ˈbəzəm/
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