corsage
Americannoun
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a small bouquet worn at the waist, on the shoulder, on the wrist, etc., by a woman.
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the body or waist of a dress; bodice.
noun
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a flower or small bunch of flowers worn pinned to the lapel, bosom, etc, or sometimes carried by women
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the bodice of a dress
Etymology
Origin of corsage
1475–85; < Middle French: bodily shape (later: bust, bodice, corsage), equivalent to cors body (< Latin corpus ) + -age -age
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Example Sentences
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A white rose rests on her wrist, held by a corsage of diamonds and other gemstones.
From Literature
The stolen items included sapphire and emerald sets once worn by Napoleon’s wives and Empress Eugénie’s diamond corsage brooch.
From Salon
Camilla did not appear to notice that her corsage had a tail.
From Literature
The arrangements became more elaborate starting in the 1980s, having grown considerably since the days when a boy commemorated homecoming by giving a simple chrysanthemum corsage to a girl and received a garter in return.
From Seattle Times
She asked jurors if they’d be able to remember the color of their prom corsages or who was class president their junior year, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
From Seattle Times
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