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Topic: CLOTHES

Date: 1700-1800
Origin: corset 'tightly fitting piece of outer clothing' (13-19 centuries), from Old French, from cors; CORSE

corset

 noun
     
cor‧set [countable]
DCC a piece of tight-fitting underwear that women wore especially in the past to make them look thinner
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