bonnet rippers

A form of bonnet ripper — A work in a subgenre of Christian romance fiction, which presents chaste courtship (typified by the removal of a bonnet) while avoiding explicit sexual content, and typically focuses on a woman from a traditionalist community (e.g., the Amish).

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of bonnet ripper
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