merry widow
See also: Merry Widow
English
Alternative forms
- Merry Widow
Etymology
(corselet): Originally a 1952 trademark of the Warner's lingerie company for a product eponymous of that year film The Merry Widow, itself based on the 1905 homonymous operetta by Franz Lehár.
Noun
merry widow (plural merry widows)
- A strapless corselet with long garters and half cups for the breasts.
- (UK, slang) Veuve Clicquot champagne.