underbodice
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of underbodice
Example Sentences
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Full skirt is attached on elastic to china silk underbodice.
From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.
Tell me, too, why the same hand which thrust a little ivory skull into the dead woman's underbodice caused a similar token to be delivered to you by this morning's post.
From Number Seventeen by Tracy, Louis
She would sit in her underbodice, unhooked of them, sunk softly into herself, her hands stroking her tortured jacket of ribs and her breath flowing deeper.
From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie
Upstairs Hazel coiled her hair, running her fingers through its bright lengths, as she had no comb, and turning in her underbodice to make it suit the low dress.
From Gone to Earth by Webb, Mary Gladys Meredith
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