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1. The part of the body between the neck and the abdomen; the thorax.
Quotes:
(1) Slicker Smith (Bud Abbott) drilling Pfc. Herbie Brown (Lou Costello) in Buck Privates (1941): -- Slicker: ' Throw your chest out! ' -- Herbie: ' I'm not through with it yet.' In Here Come the Co-Eds (1945) his answer is: ' How Far? '
(2) Ebeneezer Hawkins (Paul E. Burns) and Junior (Bob Hope) in Son of Paleface (1952): -- Ebenezer: ' Give this millionaire something that will put hair on his chest.' -- Junior: ' I've got hair on my chest. Give me something that will part it in the middle.'
2. The breasts of a woman. See breasts for synonyms and euphemisms.
Quotes:
(1) Cross-dressers Jerry/Daphne (Jack Lemmon) to Joe/Josephine (Tony Curtis) in Some Like It Hot (1959): ' Now you've done it! (...) You tore off one of my chests.'
(2) John Smith (Henry Fonda) in The Moon's Our Home (1936): ' Give me a simple primitive woman with a small high chest.'