Usually means: Romantic novel with passionate scenes.
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  1. bodice-ripper: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. bodice-ripper: Wordnik
  3. bodice-ripper: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. bodice-ripper: Wiktionary
  5. bodice-ripper: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. Bodice-ripper: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Bodice-ripper: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. bodice-ripper: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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noun:  Alternative form of bodice ripper [(informal) A romantic novel, usually in a historical setting, with frank depictions of sexual activity, especially one in which the female protagonist is seduced; (by extension) a film, television programme, etc., featuring such activity.]

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