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   torso

   /ˈtɔːsəʊ/

   noun

   • 1. the trunk of the human body.
   • ▪ the trunk of a statue without, or considered independently of, the head and limbs.
   • ▪ an unfinished or mutilated thing, especially a work of art or literature: "the Requiem torso was preceded by the cantata"

   Word Origin late 18th century: from Italian, literally ‘stalk, stump’, from Latin thyrsus (see thyrsus).

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