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falsies, n. pl. colloq. (orig. U.S.).|ˈfɔːlsɪz|
[f. false a. + -ie.]
A padded brassière; breast-pads. Also transf.
1943N.Y. Post 6 Oct. 42/3 ‘Falsies’..the term for the pads that convert them [sc. nightclub chorus girls] from 32s to 34s. 1946Life 14 Oct. 35 ‘Falsies’, padded rubber or cloth brassières worn to augment movie actresses' bosoms. 1957R. Hoggart Uses of Literacy viii. 210 ‘Falsies’, the most popular new feature in all the sex-joke magazines. 1958M. Dickens Man Overboard vii. 105 The secretary slouched in..her falsies pushing out her sweater like cardboard cones. 1964J. S. Huxley Ess. Humanist 58 My American friends tell me that falsies are now obtainable for the other side of the female anatomy—false bottoms, in fact. |