stays
see also: Stays
Pronunciation Noun
  1. plural form of stay
  2. (plurale tantum) A corset.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. In Six Volumes, volume XIII, London: Printed by A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292 ↗, book ix:
      (p. 502):
      Her face was whiter than snow, and her heart was throbbing through her stays.
Verb
  1. third-person singular form of stay

Stays
Proper noun
  1. plural form of Stay



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