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To: durasell; Harmless Teddy Bear
>...and so the great bustle controversy on FR begins





Is the origin
of the bustle girls trying
to look booty-ful?

63 posted on 03/12/2005 2:45:27 PM PST by theFIRMbss
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To: theFIRMbss

Yes, the Victorians, though not widely known, were fond of saying, "She's bustle-licious." The phrase, obviously, faded from style sometime around 1888.


66 posted on 03/12/2005 8:50:34 PM PST by durasell (Friends are so alarming, My lover's never charming...)
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