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long-line brassiere en · NOUN
Meanings
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A brassiere, with or without straps, fitting the bust and ribcage and extending to the waist, worn with a girdle.
I wore a crinoline, harsh and scratchy on the thighs, and a long-line brassiere that was supposed to compress my waist but which actually pinched my midriff and left a little bulge beneath that I had to tighten my plastic belt over.
1971, Alice Munro, “Baptizing”, in Lives of Girls and Women, Penguin, published 1996, page 203:
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long-line bra