well-stayed

Updated: May 19, 2025

In your mind's eye you saw her, a stout, well-stayed figure in tight brassiere and scant slip, bare-armed and bare-bosomed, in smart hat and veil, attired as though for the street from the neck up and for the bedroom from the shoulders down. The East End set bought Sophy Decker's hats because they were modish and expensive hats.

Edna Ferber - One Basket

In your mind's eye you saw her, a stout, well-stayed figure in tight brassière and scant petticoat, bare-armed and bare-bosomed, in smart hat and veil, attired as though for the street from the neck up and for the bedroom from the shoulders down. The East-End set bought Sophy Decker's hats because they were modish and expensive hats.

Edna Ferber - Half Portions