bra-burner



bra-burner

n. a nickname for a woman who supported the women’s liberation movements of the 1960s and 1970s. (Derogatory.) Didn’t the bra-burners give way to whale-savers in the seventies?

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dykes[daiks]
Olive['ɔliv]
HattyHAT-eeEnglish
Danielledan-YELFrench, English
Denisede-NEEZ (French), də-NEES (English), də-NEE-sə (Dutch)French, English, Dutch
WiltWILTEnglish