Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
bodice .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
bodick .
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- noun Obsolete form of
bodice .
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Examples
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I had to laugh at your Lady of Hay boddice ripping comment.
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Dems film cumpanees mayke lotz of pictures rown heer,Speshully teh olde tyme dramas n boddice ripperz types-Things like Pride and Prejudice etc.
Skill - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Not one of those rustic wassals of the Ouse of Widdlers, but ad his air curled and his shirt-sheaves tied up with pink ribbing as he led to the macy dance some appy country gal, with a black velvit boddice and a redd or yaller petticoat, a hormylu cross on her neck, and a silver harrow in her air!
Burlesques 2006
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Not one of those rustic wassals of the Ouse of Widdlers, but ad his air curled and his shirt-sheaves tied up with pink ribbing as he led to the macy dance some appy country gal, with a black velvit boddice and a redd or yaller petticoat, a hormylu cross on her neck, and a silver harrow in her air!
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Their dress was a very short full petticoat of light green, with a boddice of white silk; the sleeves loose, and tied up at the shoulders with ribbons and bunches of flowers.
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Indoors they wear, I am told, a Sudayriyah, or boddice of calico and other stuffs, like the
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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Lady Castlemain was dressed in white and green, with an open boddice of pink, looped with diamonds.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 534, February 18, 1832 Various
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White shirts in full folds covered neck and bosom, the sleeves hanging from the shoulder in large folds, a boddice of dark blue cloth was laced tightly around their waists, while skirts, generally of dark blue cloth, hung in heavy lines to their ankles.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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This may be worn with the ordinary V front, or with the square front boddice we have alluded to.
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The boddice was long and close, with a very low tucker.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 534, February 18, 1832 Various
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