poitrine

/ ˌpwaˈtrɪːn /

noun

1. a woman's bosom

Word History and Origins

Origin of poitrine¹

French, literally: breast, chest

Example Sentences

Producer Joe Pasternak, who had made the young operatic singer Deanna Durbin a movie sensation in the mid-1930s, once proclaimed Ms. Powell his latest find, noting of her 5-foot-1 physique — “big volume without the big poitrine.”

From Washington Post

Despite the sanctions, Arkady appears to have paid $7.5m to acquire the René Magritte painting La Poitrine.

From BBC

In another case, in June 2014, a company called Highland Ventures bought a painting, René Magritte’s “La Poitrine,” for $7.5 million via a private New York art dealer, with funds it traced to a company owned by Arkady Rotenberg.

From New York Times

The Times' drama critic described him as "omni-competent" and concluded that "the honours of the evening go to the multiple performance of Bruce Forsyth as a senile slum landlord, thick-spectacled doughboy, leather-jacketed German film director, and egregiously patrician lover of Miss Poitrine's dreams".

From BBC

After finding fame, he made his West End musical debut in 1964 in a show called Little Me, about fictional Hollywood diva Belle Poitrine.

From BBC