Usually means: Romantic novel with passionate scenes.
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  1. bodice ripper: Merriam-Webster
  2. bodice-ripper: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bodice ripper: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bodice ripper: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bodice ripper: Vocabulary.com
  6. bodice-ripper: Wordnik
  7. bodice-ripper: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bodice-ripper, bodice ripper: Wiktionary
  9. bodice-ripper: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bodice ripper: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. bodice ripper: Dictionary.com
  12. Bodice-ripper, Bodice ripper: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. bodice ripper: Rhymezone
  14. bodice ripper: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  15. bodice ripper: FreeDictionary.org
  16. bodice ripper: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. Bodice-ripper, bodice ripper: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bodice ripper: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bodice ripper)

noun:  (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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