English Explanatory Dictionary

Merry Widow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of merry widow.
noun
  1. A strapless corselet with long garters and half cups for the breasts.
  2. Veuve Clicquot champagne.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-merry widow.wav

Word forms

Merry Widow Merry Widows

Etymology

(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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