Bralette

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A kind of bra without an underwire, used as a training bra.

    "Of course it wasn’t a bra top. Bralettes, itty-bitty bandeaus and crocheted bikinis are everywhere. So, too, are Daisy Dukes cut high enough to expose buttocks curvature."

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training bratraining bra

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"Of course it wasn’t a bra top. Bralettes, itty-bitty bandeaus and crocheted bikinis are everywhere. So, too, are Daisy Dukes cut high enough to expose buttocks curvature."

Etymology

From bra + -ette, with the addition of an l as in -let to prevent the sequence -ae-, or from French bralette where -l- similarly breaks up certain vowel sequences.

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training bra

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