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- verb Present participle of
underwire .
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Examples
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But I draw the line when the underwiring starts to stab me in the heart; I mean, what is it with all the scaffolding in bras these days?
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But I draw the line when the underwiring starts to stab me in the heart; I mean, what is it with all the scaffolding in bras these days?
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Her father spent an awkward morning picking off melted plastic underwiring from the inside of the microwave with a spoon.
Lily Bevan: Nora Ephron's 'Love Loss And What I Wore': Better Than a Therapist's Couch 2010
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Her father spent an awkward morning picking off melted plastic underwiring from the inside of the microwave with a spoon.
Lily Bevan: Nora Ephron's 'Love Loss And What I Wore': Better Than a Therapist's Couch Lily Bevan 2010
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As has been said previously; her lumpy ribs are caused by bowed underwiring and her "double hips" are simply the overlap of her black robe causing the appearance of an indentation.
E!: Baroquey Dokey Cosmo7 2009
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One brown polka-dot bikini with cute tie sides and structurally miraculous underwiring
The Little Lady Agency and the Prince Hester Browne 2008
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One brown polka-dot bikini with cute tie sides and structurally miraculous underwiring
The Little Lady Agency and the Prince Hester Browne 2008
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One brown polka-dot bikini with cute tie sides and structurally miraculous underwiring
The Little Lady Agency and the Prince Hester Browne 2008
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Across his chest he wore a strapless white brassiere, its cups firm with underwiring that left no natural curve to chance.
EROTICA: Bobbie: A Girl's Own Story by Leigh De Santa Fe 1990
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Now, I have breasts and my beautiful triangles of fabric that masqueraded as bras have been replaced by hideous size D contraptions with wide straps and scratchy underwiring. dress , £99; and the website favoured by Kate Hudson, Jodie Kidd, Jessica Alba and Jennifer Garner, apeainthepod.com .
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2012
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