slingshot
n.— «American Apparel is doing all this period, even what I call the slingshot—the suspender, low-cut leotard. What’s great about American Apparel is that they’ve retrained our eye to think that’s sexy again.» —“‘Xanadu’s’ costume designer aims for ‘Solid Gold’” by Samantha Critchell in New York City Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi) June 19, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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