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A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.

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Booze 76% connected

To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple.

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Drink 76% connected

To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink…

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Fuddle 76% connected

To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.

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Napkin 76% connected

A little towel, or small cloth, esp. one for wiping the fingers and mouth at table.

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Serviette 76% connected

A table napkin.

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Tipple 74% connected

To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Tipple 74% connected

To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently…

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Apron 70% connected

An article of dress, of cloth, leather, or other stuff, worn on the fore part of the body, to keep the clothes clean, to defend them from injury, or…

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Tipple 92% connected

To drink spirituous or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper used of spirituous liquors; especially, to drink frequently…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Baldric noun · 78% connection

A broad belt, sometimes richly ornamented, worn over one shoulder, across the breast, and under the opposite arm; less properly, any b…

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Bandolier noun · 78% connection

A broad leather belt formerly worn by soldiers over the right shoulder and across the breast under the left arm. Originally it was use…

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Birrus noun · 78% connection

A coarse kind of thick woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the Middle Ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over t…

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Bosom noun · 78% connection

The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom…

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Breast noun · 78% connection

Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast…

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Breast-deep adjective · 78% connection

Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast.

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Breasting noun · 78% connection

The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circu…

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Breastplate noun · 78% connection

A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool.

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Brooch noun · 78% connection

An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin…

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Brush noun · 78% connection

An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for…

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Casual adjective · 78% connection

appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"

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Chasuble noun · 78% connection

The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a na…

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Clothier noun · 78% connection

One who sells cloth or clothes, or who makes and sells clothes.

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Cocoon noun · 78% connection

silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs

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Corsage noun · 78% connection

a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at…

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Daily adjective · 78% connection

appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"

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Duster noun · 78% connection

A light over-garment, worn in traveling to protect the clothing from dust.

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Everyday adjective · 78% connection

appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"

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