merry widow
noun
often capitalized M&W
: a strapless corset or bustier usually having garters attached
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For the artist Christina Ramberg, watching her mother getting dressed for parties—in particular, putting on a corset called a merry widow, which gave her an hourglass figure—revealed the extent to which the female form was a ruse.
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Jane Yong Kim, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
At Savage, the Underwear People are out in force, dancing in corsets or merry widows, their thigh-high stockings held up by garters.
—Amy Virshup, Vulture, 14 May 2025
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Jane Yong Kim, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
At Savage, the Underwear People are out in force, dancing in corsets or merry widows, their thigh-high stockings held up by garters.
—Amy Virshup, Vulture, 14 May 2025
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“Merry widow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/merry%20widow. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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