> And I've been known to refer to a steel-boned corset as my "brigantine".
> > :-)
> >
> > Joan Jurancich
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> Your brigantine???
> ....
> Er - what is the connection between a woman's steel-boned  undergarment, -
and a two masted, sailing cargo-ship - square-rigged on the foremast, and
fore-&-aft-rigged on the main mast
> Sorry, but I had to ask   :-)>
>
>
> Yours in service,
> Julian Wilson,

Well, in at least two Terry Pratchett books, there is reference to ladies
corsetry 'creaking like a tea clipper in a gale'.

That image just sticks with me for some reason. :-)

Sheridan


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