"merry widow" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: merry widows [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{sense|corselet}} (corselet):, {{l|en|eponymous}} eponymous Head templates: {{en-noun}} merry widow (plural merry widows)
  1. A strapless corselet with long garters and half cups for the breasts. Categories (topical): Underwear
    Sense id: en-merry_widow-en-noun-q5LkX-oB Disambiguation of Underwear: 86 14
  2. (UK, slang) Veuve Clicquot champagne. Tags: UK, slang Synonyms: Merry Widow
    Sense id: en-merry_widow-en-noun-dqcu-l41 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 26 74 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 79

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