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WATTEAU BODICE

\wˈɒtə͡ʊ bˈɒdɪs], \wˈɒtə‍ʊ bˈɒdɪs], \w_ˈɒ_t_əʊ b_ˈɒ_d_ɪ_s]\

Definitions of WATTEAU BODICE

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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wat'[=o] bod'is, n. a bodice with a square opening at the neck resembling the costumes in the paintings of the French artist Antoine Watteau (1684-1721).

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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