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bra burner
noun
Slang: Disparaging.
- a contemptuous term used to refer to an ardent or militant feminist or to someone perceived as such.
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“I was a proud bra burner and equal rights marcher back in the day, and I still am. I can’t believe we’re even talking about stuff like this in this day and age. But, you! You must be exhausted! You don’t even look it. You look like you jogged down a driveway.”
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She was a child of the ’50s, just not a bra burner.
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Or go back to French designer Paul Poiret in the early 1900s, the original bra burner — before there were bras.
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Associates grimaced, competitors smiled, and Revson went on talking about how it was perfect for "the woman who is sort of liberated but who isn't a bra burner."
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