corsage
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The morning suit was replaced with an electric-blue shiny suit featuring wide-leg trousers, complete with leopard-print shirt and corsage.
From BBC ● May 11, 2025
The arrangements became more elaborate starting in the 1980s, having grown considerably since the days when a boy commemorated homecoming by giving a simple chrysanthemum corsage to a girl and received a garter in return.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2023
A Queens high school student nicknamed Zlatko shared his budget for a new three-piece suit, shoes, ticket and corsage for his prom.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2023
Kamlager-Dove’s mother bought her a silk corsage to wear for the oath of office on her first day of Congress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
At fourteen, I attended my first church dance and received my first corsage from a boy.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
Solheim said she will happily provide bouquets and corsages for all celebrations.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
On graduation day, teachers pinned corsages on the laughing graduates, usually a job for younger students.
From Reuters ● Mar. 30, 2023
Community members also chipped in for prom essentials, including dresses, tuxedos and corsages.
From Washington Times ● May 28, 2022
He speaks quietly, but his pain manifests with such immediacy that we can almost hear the dance music and see the corsages.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2020
And Nick and Abby are back to their obnoxiously happy normal, holding hands in English class and discussing corsages over lunch.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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