Word: corseted
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...autobiography, Grandma gives a memorable description of her wedding outfit : "A going-away costume of a very dark green dress, and jacket the same, a hat, the same, trimmed with a pink feather. The first thing I had on was a chemise, then my corsets, a corset waist, a pair of pantsies, a little flannel skirt, the bustle, a white skirt, then the dress. The dress was made with a skirt lining and wigging stitched on up to the knees, and the dress cloth went over that, a long skirt reaching to the floor. Then an overskirt over that, that...
...beginning of the Revolution, the pursuit was taking the whalers as far as Cape Horn, and they were bringing back an annual harvest of 30,000 barrels of oil for the lamps and candles of the U.S. and Europe. There was even a highly profitable use for the whalebone: corset stays...
...baseball umpires, corset salesmen, jet pilots and bagel bakers dominate the screen. British panelists are more likely to be guessing at such occupations as winkle-washer, teapot-handler, kipper-packer, gentleman's gentleman, or sagger-maker's bottom knocker (a pottery worker). A strictly British question which suddenly narrows down the field: Are you nationalized...
...buzzing was caused by the fact that Queen Elizabeth II had abruptly canceled her plan to attend the wedding of her cousin, chunky, auto-racing Gerald Lascelles, 28 (never a royal favorite), to a stage-struck blonde, Angela Estree Lyssod Dowding, 33, daughter of a divorced corset manufacturer...
...Corset-like belts emphasize the femininity of the outfits by giving the "waspwaisted" look, Complete with laces and all, these wide accessories are available in leather, straw, and reinforced cotton...