bust bodice:

Obsolete, 19 ^th century (c. 1829) term for a brassiere . It was abbreviated to B.B. circa 1920. A bodice-buster or bodice-ripper , is an erotico-romantic novel or novella based on a historical plot. See bra for synonyms.
See Also: B.B., ball-busting, bodice-buster, bodice-ripper, brassiere, bust bodice, bust one's gut, bust someone out, buster

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