Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A frame, sometimes of wire, in the form of a woman, used in making dresses.

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Examples

  • (I wouldn't be surprised if the campaign had a CAD-plotted dress-form for Palin.)

    McCain Campaign Attacks TPM, Keeps Denying Our "Carved B" Story 2009

  • Or maybe you want a dress-form print silk hankie in the same colors?

    Linktastic Friday No. 4 - A Dress A Day 2008

  • Or maybe you want a dress-form print silk hankie in the same colors?

    March 2008 2008

  • Amazing little dress-form sculptures by Leigh Pennebaker via the ever-stylish Lauren Cerand.

    Monday Hangovers 2006

  • Amazing little dress-form sculptures by Leigh Pennebaker via the ever-stylish Lauren Cerand.

    Monday Hangovers 2006

  • Amazing little dress-form sculptures by Leigh Pennebaker via the ever-stylish Lauren Cerand.

    December 2006 2006

  • She ran out of the room, coming back in a moment with a life-size dress-form in her arms, which she set down.

    The Wishing-Ring Man Margaret Widdemer 1931

  • In contrast, "Word Queen of Laughter," a lettered dress-form with movable wing-like doors along the bodice and skirt, is made with foil, organza, wire, and steel.

    Chattanooga Pulse 2009

  • (That and all the unsubtle close-ups of her abandoned dress-form, accompanied by a sad-jazzy score.

    EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines Missy Schwartz 2010

  • (That and all the unsubtle close-ups of her abandoned dress-form, accompanied by a sad-jazzy score.

    EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines Missy Schwartz 2010

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