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bodice ripping

noun

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  1. Alternative form of bodice-ripping.

    • Tracks of the Armies portrayed more than suggestive bodice ripping: Volck's subject here was the aftermath of a rape (fig. 8).
    • Even a vampire enjoys a little bodice ripping now and again.
    • After much bosom heaving and bodice ripping, Diana becomes conscious of her love for the “lawless savage,” and she decides to stay with him in their love oasis.

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