Obs. [So called from the name of the maker.] A kind of stays or ‘bodice.’
1727. Pope, Art of Sinking, 94. Lac’d in her Cosins new appear’d the bride.
1729. [J. Bramston], Art of Politicks, 10.
| Think we that modern Words eternal are? | |
| Toupet, and Tompion, Cosins, and Colmar | |
| Hereafter will be call’d by some plain Man | |
| A Wig, a Watch, a Pair of Stays, a Fan. |
