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(corselet): Originally a 1952 trademark of the Warner's lingerie company for a product eponymous of that year film The Merry Widow, itself based on the 1905 homonymous operetta by Franz Lehár.
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merry widow
Today it means: A strapless corselet with long garters and half cups for the breasts. Full definition →