"falsie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: falsies [plural]
Etymology: false + -ie (“(diminutive)”) Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|false|ie|t2=(diminutive)}} false + -ie (“(diminutive)”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} falsie (plural falsies)
  1. (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) Padding worn inside a brassiere to make the breasts appear larger or appear to exist. Tags: colloquial, in-plural Categories (topical): Hair Synonyms: chicken fillet, en, outplant
    Sense id: en-falsie-en-noun-QIwdmOvY Disambiguation of Hair: 66 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 80 20
  2. (colloquial, chiefly in the plural) A false eyelash, used as a cosmetic enhancement. Tags: colloquial, in-plural Categories (topical): Cosmetics
    Sense id: en-falsie-en-noun-pJ8uWOtQ Disambiguation of Cosmetics: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wig and falsies

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for falsie meaning in English (2.3kB)

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