corseted

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"The Man Who Fell" features a smitten scuba diver who, sitting comfortably beside a fully-corseted mermaid, has chosen this love over breathing.

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  • Or the tightly-corseted peroxide of sixty, whose hat would better have suited an eighteen-year-old debutante at Ascot? —  Gaudy Night Dorothy L Sayers -3rd Lord Peter WImsey/Harriet Vane book
  • Horty thought, the fool passes out like a corseted Victorian. —  The Dreaming Jewels
  • With features such as skirted, corseted, lace-up "dress" chairs, a chandelier made of Barbie® hair, a closet filled with thousands of shoes, a sunburst mirror made from 65 —  Digital50.com Digital 50 Daily Industry News RSS Feed
  • Fergie wore a fitted, corseted, ruched wedding gown in white with a mesh tulle overlay, spaghetti straps, and a long train. —  Staralicious
  • And gaîté it was, from flirty laced, corseted, poufed, peplumed, paisleyed, pailletted, ruched, twisted and lacquered start to finish. —  The latest WWD Headlines
 

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