bodice ripper

bodice ripper

A historical romance novel typically published in the 1970s and 1980s. Before heading to the beach, Justine grabbed her chair, her sunglasses, and the latest bodice ripper from her bookshelf to read while she relaxed in the sun.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • nads
  • nearly fall out of (one's) chair
  • nearly fall off (one's) chair
  • give (someone) the chair
  • the chair
  • grab (a)hold of (someone)
  • pull up a chair
  • nuggets
  • nards
  • grab a chair
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LESS bodice ripper, more the artistic expression of sapphism, it is extraordinary, since this is subtitled The Love Life of Natalie Barney and Romaine Brooks, that their story doesn't start until page 153 - of 253 pages.
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And before you ask, the band are not named after a dodgy Australian soap or the DH Lawrence bodice ripper.
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Not exactly a bodice ripper nor an Aga saga, something betweenthe two that appeals to the sensuality in most of us without offering too much offence to our Girl Power instincts.
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Claiming his bodice ripper is by this imaginary woman, he wins first prize in a women-only fiction contest and a lucrative publishing contract.
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The novel they're supposed to be discussing isn't one of her own bodice rippers but the Russian classic Crime and Punishment - and life imitates art when the ladies get an unexpected visit from the police.
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As an avid reader of so-called 'bodice rippers,' she understands why these stories of male persistence appeal to readers.
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Mindful of the international success of Showtime's sexed-up take on the court of Henry VIII, "The Tudors," bodice rippers were much to the fore.
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She read bodice rippers for a living Hysterical phone call.
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The novel they're supposed to be discussing isn't one of her own bodice rippers, but the Russian classic Crime And Punishment, and life imitates art when the ladies get an unexpected visit from the police.
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