Laced
Weak
Weak adjective - Lacking bodily strength.
Both words in one sentence
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In the 1994 film of Little Women, Marmee is prone to rants about how corsets are responsible for womankind's reputation as weak and ill, and when Meg gives in to pressure from her stylish friends, there is the obligatory scene where she is painfully laced into a corset by a strong-armed maid.
Source: Of Corset Hurts
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