merry widow

noun

A strapless corselet with long garters and half cups for the breasts.

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Meanings

merry widow1

nounmerry widow (plural merry widows)

plural merry widows · alternative Merry Widow

  1. A strapless corselet with long garters and half cups for the breasts.
  2. UKslangVeuve Clicquot champagne.

Merry Widow2

nounMerry Widow (plural Merry Widows)

plural Merry Widows

  1. trademarkAlternative letter-case form of merry widow.

Origin

(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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APA

merry widow. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merry%20widow

MLA

“merry widow.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merry%20widow. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “merry widow,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/merry%20widow.

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