sprout, bra, bandana, on the outs. Undergarments for the Ultrawealthy.making lingerie for more than a century in Paris and considers its custom items a form of couture.

Cadolle has been making lingerie for more than a century in Paris and considers its custom items a form of couture.Credit...Lucie Cipolla for The New York Times

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Undergarments for the Ultrawealthy

Cadolle, a maker of corsets favored by designers like John Galliano and labels like Dior, is known for custom underpinnings that can cost thousands of dollars.

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Burning Issues Confront California as Fires Sprout from L.A. to Monterey

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On moving day, Mrs. Porretto wore a clean T-shirt and fresh lipstick. Two hours' drive away at the airport, Ms. Jackson was braless under her soiled shirt and had a blue bandana covering her unwashed hair.


At one of our client sites, there was a nearly organic phenomenon of red bandannas on dowels suddenly sprouting from the desks after a few weeks of E-Factor data collection. No one in power had ever suggested that device as an official Do Not Disturb signal; it just happened by consensus. But everyone soon learned its significance and respected it.

sprout 

Pronunciation: /sprəʊt/ 

VERB

[NO OBJECT]

1(Of a plant) put out shoots:the weeds begin to sprout

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1.1[WITH OBJECT] Grow (plant shoots or hair):many black cats sprout a few white hairs

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1.2[NO OBJECT] (Of a plant, flower, or hair) start to grow; spring up:crocuses sprouted up from the grass

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1.3[NO OBJECT] Appear or develop suddenly and in large numbers:plush new hotels are sprouting up everywhere

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NOUN

1A shoot of a plant:the flower pots are full of green sprouts

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1.1(sprouts) Young shoots, especially of alfalfa, mung beans, or soybeans, eaten as a vegetable.

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2short for Brussels sprout.

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Origin

Middle English: of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch spruiten and German spriessen.

 bra

The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1: an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
Synonyms: brassiere, bandeau

 bandana
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1: large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a neckerchief
Synonym: bandanna

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on the outs
No longer on friendly terms, as in They've been on the outs with their in-laws for years. This idiom appeared in the early 1900s and derives from the synonymous at outs, first recorded in 1824.