bustlessadj.
/ˈbʌstləs/, U.S. /ˈbəs(t)ləs/ Of a woman: that has no bust (bust n.2 3a); without a (developed) bust.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > [adjective] > having no
breastless1660
bustless1857
1857 E. M. Whitty Friends of Bohemia II. x. 118 His being most idiotically in love with her icy eyes, lank hair, and bustless body.
1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose I. 122 Their little, bustless, waistless, hipless figures.
1949 Life 31 Oct. 38/2 The Times reporter went on to paint a picture of the coming generation of woman, a bustless, hipless, waistless figure dressed in a plaited meal sack.
2001 H. Cross My Summer of Love (2002) 3 I looked like a bustless pantomime dame.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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