pasty
- noun
- /ˈpeɪsti/
- NSFW
- Before the show, the performers all checked their pasties to make sure they were in place.
- pasties and a G-string
She flew too close to the damn sun and her pasties melted right off.
- She flew too close to the damn sun and her pasties melted right off.
- I'd consider can you do pasties at least that's a good point.
- And now the Meatpacking District is like a tourist mall and they brought pasties back.
Examples
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First, we have to attach the power pasties.
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Removing the pasties, shimmying again, she leaned in, rubbed against him, and nuzzled his cheek.
Fiction book (2001) -
One time, one of my pasties flew off and hit a guy in the eye.
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I gotta do my set in the Starlight Room, and I'm missing a pasty.
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Most of the towns, you could not show anything on your breasts unless you had pasties.
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They had a little box on the side, where they had pasties.
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The bars displayed pictures of women in G-strings and pasties who were presumably disrobing inside.
Fiction book (1996) -
I have the pasties ready, and there'll be no charge—and no questions, please.
Fiction book (1994) -
During her performance, she wore glittery pasties to conceal her nipples.
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The dancer had to carefully adjust her pasties before stepping onto the stage.
Compounds
A baked pastry from Cornwall filled with meat and vegetables, folded and pressed on one side
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pasties is a helpful name to remember because it links to paste ('sticky substance') — these small covers stick to the skin — and some people also think of small pastries because of their shape. So the word connects the idea of being small, sticky, and covering the skin.