Bodice–ripper
a modern Gothic novel or historical romance, usually in paperback format, featuring at least one passionate love scene, characteristically one in which the heroine vainly resists submitting to the villain or hero.
noun
(informal) a romantic novel, usually on a historical theme, that involves some sex and violence
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the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead. a corpse; carcass. the trunk or main mass of a thing: the body of a tree. Anatomy, Zoology. the physical structure of a human being or animal, not including the head, limbs, and tail; trunk; torso. Architecture. the principal mass of […]
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having a body of a specific kind (used in combination): a flat-bodied fish; a wide-bodied car. the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead. a corpse; carcass. the trunk or main mass of a thing: the body of a tree. Anatomy, Zoology. the physical structure of a human being […]
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the physical structure and material substance of an animal or plant, living or dead. a corpse; carcass. the trunk or main mass of a thing: the body of a tree. Anatomy, Zoology. the physical structure of a human being or animal, not including the head, limbs, and tail; trunk; torso. Architecture. the principal mass of […]
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