n. 1. A small bouquet of flowers worn at the shoulder or waist or on the wrist. 2. The bodice or waist of a dress. [Middle English, torso, from Old French, from cors, body, from Latin corpus; see kwrep- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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