breasts

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I am a wall: and my breasts are as a tower since I am become in his presence as one finding peace.

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  1. noun Either of two milk-secreting, glandular organs on the chest of a woman; the human mammary gland.
  2. noun A corresponding organ in other mammals.
  3. noun A corresponding rudimentary gland in the male.

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  • Seriously, it looks like her breasts are arguing with one another.Miss West VirginiaBecause two kinds of bad are better than one.Miss North DakotaThe classiest beauty pageant contestant on Planet Pole Dance.Miss MichiganMiss Michigan apparently thought she was attending a pajama party and came in her nightgown.
  • Then layer after layer of binding he unwound from his chest, and clearer and clearer it became that his breasts were the size of watermelons! —  F ;SF - vol 088 issue 05 - May 1995
  • She suckled baby and husband until her breasts were always sore and between these tasks she did needlework and thought often of her sister, dear, dear Philomela, who played beside the stream and pretended they were still together, while Tereus, free of battle, wandered restless through the fields, slicing wildflowers with his sword, thinking of Philomela, her glorious red hair, her little girl smile. —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 01 - January 2003
  • The bounty of her breasts was a soft cushion between us. —  Robin Hobb
  • Beneath her breasts was a cincture of gold, with a gorgeous jewelled clasp; and her head was wreathed with bands spotted like a leopard's skin, and adorned with bunches of gold grapes. —  Love affairs of the Courts of Europe
 

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