merry widow

See also: Merry Widow

English

Alternative forms

• Merry Widow

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.

Noun

merry widow (plural merry widows)

1. A strapless corselet with long garters and half cups for the breasts.
2. (UK, slang) Veuve Clicquot champagne.