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Brassiere

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Brassiere meaning

Dated form of bra (“item of underwear”).

Example sentences (3)

The full English spelling, brassiere, now rarely used, is now a false friend in and of itself (the modern French term for brassiere is soutien-gorge).

Frank Costanza was a classic sitcom eccentric whose many dubious accomplishments included marketing a brassiere for men and creating Festivus, a winter holiday “for the rest of us,” celebrated with tests of strength and other bizarre rituals.

He showed up wearing a glass case on his chest, which contained a brassiere.