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"ref": "2007 January 14, Caroline Elkins, “A Life Exposed”, in New York Times",
"text": "Baartman’s seminaked display left little to the imagination and reinforced England’s obsession with bottoms, both literally and figuratively.",
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"ref": "2009, Day Leclaire, The Billionaire's Baby Negotiation",
"text": "The emerald-green bathing suit pulled taut across boyish hips and decidedly unboyish breasts, the wet material leaving little to the imagination […]",
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"Of clothing: to reveal the greater part of a person's body, or parts usually kept hidden out of modesty."
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