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  1. otiose
    serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
  2. passementerie
    a decoration or adornment on a garment
  3. stomacher
    garment consisting of a V-shaped panel of stiff material worn over the chest and stomach in the 16th century
  4. kirtle
    a garment resembling a tunic that was worn by men in the Middle Ages
  5. polonaise
    a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt
  6. bodice
    part of a dress above the waist
  7. gore
    coagulated blood from a wound
Created on Sun Jul 17 05:19:25 EDT 2011 (updated Mon Oct 10 08:31:43 EDT 2011)

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