"Victoria's Secret" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Founded in 1977 and named after Queen Victoria, for an association with the refinement of the Victorian era, the "secret" being the body concealed by the clothing. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Victoria's Secret}} Victoria's Secret
  1. A retail marketer of women's clothing and beauty products, best known for lingerie, founded in San Francisco in 1977. Wikipedia link: Victoria's Secret Translations (retail marketer): 維多利亞的秘密 (Chinese Mandarin), 维多利亚的秘密 (Wéiduōlìyà de mìmì) (Chinese Mandarin), ヴィクトリアズ・シークレット (Vikutoriazu-Shīkuretto) (Japanese), Секре́т Викто́рии (Sekrét Viktórii) [masculine] (Russian), Виктори́а’с Си́крет (Viktória's Síkrɛt) [masculine] (Russian)
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          "ref": "2006, Anne Stuart, Cold As Ice, MIRA,, →ISBN, page 109:",
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          "ref": "2007 April 16, Rob Hoyt, Nell Boyce (reporter), \"Space Tethers: Slinging Objects in Orbit?\", Morning Edition, National Public Radio http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9574513",
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          "ref": "2009, Marilyn Brant, According to Jane, Kensington Books,, →ISBN, page 10:",
          "text": "Then she, with her Victoria’s Secret uplift and her cheerleader’s outfit snugly back on, adjusted her leg warmers, slipped on her gold-glittered Nikes and blotted her hot-pink lipstick with a tissue as she tracked my far-less-fashionable footsteps down the hallway toward algebra.",
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