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Meanings of decolletage in English

A low neckline on a woman's dress that reveals part of the breasts.

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Examples for "décolletage"
Examples for "décolletage"
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Most ladies slathered the Venetian Ceruse across the face, neck and décolletage.
News.com.au
2
The bra pushed my small breasts up and together, creating a pronounced décolletage.
She, myself & i
3
Her friends would scour jewellery racks for nickel lettering to sully their décolletage.
The Irish Times
4
She wore a formal décolletage, indigo with tiny diamonds down the kick pleat.
The last page
5
We're big on ensembles with movement, often flaunting peeking shoulders and a bronzed décolletage.
Ebony
Usage of decolletage in English
1
The plain, well-made dress will oust the ribbon and the decolletage.
What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War
2
She was really on probation for higher levels; it was her decolletage delayed her.
The Soul of a Bishop
3
And if so, what else should you be using on your delicate decolletage area?
NY Magazine
4
She could have been concealing a weapon in that decolletage.
White night
5
She wore a pale sea-green dress; on the slope of her mauve-powdered decolletage diamonds twinkled.
Crome Yellow
6
Was Sally Bercow showing an inappropriate amount of decolletage?
The Guardian
7
It was a little full across the chest, but the decolletage sat snugly over her uncovered bosom.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 03
8
In an other moment Bert, in a state of irregular decolletage, was standing over the table displaying a sheaf of papers.
The War in the Air
9
That's what the latest version of Nancy Drew says whenever somebody hands her a biscuit or compliments the modesty of her decolletage.
The Irish Times
10
She was dressed in pale blue satin, her decolletage ornamented by a quadruple strand of heavy pearls, set apart at intervals with diamonds.
The Oracle Glass
11
A simple strapless gown in black textured wool, while hardly suitable for combat, was wittily marked with an air-force style insignia over the decolletage.
Reuters
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Among the performers in the film is Jean Campbell, one of Mailer's three ex-wives, who "provided lively eye-rolling & a most eye-compelling decolletage."
The new yorker
13
"It's a good deal more nothing than neck," said Mr. Sampson, looking at the decolletage.
Of Human Bondage
14
The plain, well-made dress will oust the ribbon and the decolletage.
What is Coming? A Forecast of Things after the War
15
She was really on probation for higher levels; it was her decolletage delayed her.
The Soul of a Bishop
16
And if so, what else should you be using on your delicate decolletage area?
NY Magazine
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