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Tournure

Tour*nure"\, n. [F., fr. tourner to turn.]

1. Turn; contour; figure.

2. Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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