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The current French term for brassière is soutien-gorge, literally, “held under the neck” or “throat-support”.
tea 2007
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Gorge in soutien-gorge refers to a quite old use of the word, which describes - for a lady - the part of her body beginning at the chin and ending either at the upper part of the breast or at the belly button
tea 2007
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She was all charm and smiles, dispensing expensive and unsuitable presents, at least in the opinion of Frank who could not entirely hide a look of dismay when I opened a pink box from a notorious lingerie store in the Eighth to find a minute pink soutien-gorge and panty set that made Lea snigger gleefully, even though she had received the same item in blue, the bra admittedly two sizes larger.
Dreaming in French Megan McAndrew 2009
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She was all charm and smiles, dispensing expensive and unsuitable presents, at least in the opinion of Frank who could not entirely hide a look of dismay when I opened a pink box from a notorious lingerie store in the Eighth to find a minute pink soutien-gorge and panty set that made Lea snigger gleefully, even though she had received the same item in blue, the bra admittedly two sizes larger.
Dreaming in French Megan McAndrew 2009
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She was all charm and smiles, dispensing expensive and unsuitable presents, at least in the opinion of Frank who could not entirely hide a look of dismay when I opened a pink box from a notorious lingerie store in the Eighth to find a minute pink soutien-gorge and panty set that made Lea snigger gleefully, even though she had received the same item in blue, the bra admittedly two sizes larger.
Dreaming in French Megan McAndrew 2009
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Gone went the makeup, gone went the boots with spurs, gone went the soutien-gorge.
Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007
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If George is the Gorge does that make Rove the soutien-gorge?
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Boxer, String, soutien-gorge, et la marque HUSTLER Lingerie Sexy.
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Boxer, String, soutien-gorge, et la marque HUSTLER Lingerie Sexy.
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A relatively young pair are ` brassiere 'and soutien-gorge \neq\ brassiére.
frindley commented on the word soutien-gorge
’Cause the French wouldn't just call it a brassière, I guess.
April 19, 2008