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modesty piece en · NOUN
Meanings
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(historical) A piece of lace or other fabric worn over a woman's dress to cover the bosom.
Now, sir, what I have to communicate to you at present is, that at a late meeting of the stripping ladies, in which were present several eminent toasts and beauties, it was resolved for the future to lay the modesty-piece wholly aside
July 27, 1711, Leonilla Figleaf, letter to Spectator No. 118
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modesty bit