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Blouse

//blaʊs// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A shirt, typically loose and reaching from the neck to the waist. obsolete
  2. 2
    Alternative form of blouze. alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    a top worn by women wordnet
  4. 4
    A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.

    "She came in now, but to the closet; from it she took a simple skirt and blouse. Picking up her underclothing she departed, obviously to dress somewhere else."

  5. 5
    Alternative form of blowze. alt-of, alternative
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  1. 6
    A loose-fitting uniform jacket.
  2. 7
    A short garment worn under a sari. Bangladesh, India
Verb
  1. 1
    To hang a garment in loose folds.
  2. 2
    To tuck one's pants/trousers (into one's boots).

    "An anonymous black soldier summed up his feelings by declaring, "If I fail to blouse my boots, or [if I] wear an Afro, I get socked. […]""

  3. 3
    The act of hiding contraband, such as drugs or weapons, in one's rectum.

Etymology

Etymology 1

1828, from French blouse (“a workman's or peasant's smock”), see that for more. More at blee, fold.

Etymology 2

1828, from French blouse (“a workman's or peasant's smock”), see that for more. More at blee, fold.

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