A stiffened bodice; early form of corset.
Those parts of containers that enclose the contents, as distinguished from accessory components such as covers, handles, and applied decoration.
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Examples for "stays "
Examples for "stays "
1 Northern Territory: All travel within the state is permitted, including overnight stays .
2 No one stays long on Sea Island without hearing of Mrs. Parrish.
3 The water stays fairly chilled all year so don't forget your steamer.
4 However, his composed tone stays intact, calling for help inside the property.
5 The parties will soon learn if the cigarette ban stays or goes.
1 There's the corseted caper when JC appears, wielding a sword and strapped into whalebone stays with powder-blue lace trim and peach suspenders.
1 Even while he blew, Ralph noticed the last pair of bodies that reached the platform above a fluttering patch of black.
1 On the floor a pair of stays , old and soiled, sprawled with unconcern.
2 She could not cry in a pair of stays .
3 Her figure wouldn't be bad if her mother bought her a decent pair of stays .
4 It is nothing (between ourselves) but a hook-nose and a stiff pair of stays .
5 A pair of stays became her well, and a loose white kerchief for her bare neck.
1 However, Australian industry bodies and state governments back new investment in agriculture.
2 Industry bodies would be in a good position to help, she said.
3 Police have said the search for bodies will not continue much longer.
4 Government departments and commercial semi state bodies take 50 days to pay.
5 When the main bodies come into contact, the issue is decided quickly.
6 Background: Retained rectal foreign bodies are a common but incompletely studied problem.
7 I carried the bodies into the sea, O Walker in the Sea!
8 The report has called for greater sharing of information between state bodies .
9 The report suggests a number of UN organisations as possible supervisory bodies .
10 Some public sector bodies and some private sector companies did the same.
11 They both produced fair bodies of work in their short young lives.'
12 The bodies of the victims, including four rescuers, were being recovered today.
13 Police said they presumed their bodies had been washed out to sea.
14 X's where bodies where buried or simply left some eighty years ago.
15 Let us suppose that material bodies - in our case, water-arecomposed of atoms.
16 Her comments echoed those of trade bodies representing the financial services industry.
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