bustier
noun/ˈbʌstieɪ/
/ˈbʌstieɪ/
- a woman’s tight top which does not cover the arms or shouldersWord Origin1970s: from French, from buste, from Italian busto, from Latin bustum ‘tomb, sepulchral monument’.
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