Breast

Breast

The breast is the upper ventral region of the torso of a primate, in left and right sides, which in a female contains the mammary gland that secretes milk used to feed infants.

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Famous quotes containing the word breast:

    “Getting ready: the show girl scratches her breast and shakes out her feathers.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “If we could know
    Which of us, darling, would be the first to go,
    Who would be first to breast the swelling tide
    And step alone upon the other side—
    If we could know!”
    —Julia Harris May (1833–1912)

    “This is the last leaf
    in the year’s book.
    Now I come to grief
    as the earth’s breast goes hard and mean
    and hay is packed for the manger.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)