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: a woman's undergarment to cover and support the breasts
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The Slow Clap cocktail is a favorite (bourbon, spiced pear liqueur, orgeat, lime, orange) or sip a glass of Los Monteros Cava at St. Neo’s brassiere and raw bar.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Robb Report, 2 May 2024
The future queen wore granny panties and a large brassiere.
—Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
As the party sipped on shots of mezcal and champagne, Hearst, who was wearing a floor-length ivory asymmetric gown revealing a leather brassiere, held the floor, greeting friends and showing them around the space.
—Rachel Marlowe, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2023
Meanwhile, on Saturday at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Morgan Wallen fielded a flying black brassiere — no harm, no foul.
—Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
Today, Maidenform may not have to consider the same demands that the A.T.B. team faces, but during the Second World War the company supplied the military with brassieres for servicewomen.
—The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
Some weren’t meant for public display: stockings, shoes, a corset, a brassiere.
—Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
When a soldier is in harm’s way, the brassiere would be worn under a nearly invincible fortress of finery.
—Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
Until the modern invention of the brassiere with cups, women had to bolster their busts with either unsupportive bands of cloth or constricting corsets---so the common knowledge went.
—Sophie Bushwick, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2012
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“Brassiere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brassiere. Accessed 14 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
brassiere
noun
bras·siere
brə-ˈzi(ə)r
also ˌbras-ē-ˈe(ə)r
: a woman's close-fitting undergarment to cover and support the breasts
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