chine
Example Sentences
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Sitting in the antique store was this piece, made out of papel de chine, newsprint, clay pot and ceramic head.
From Washington Times
Delicate gold spiderwebs on a black crepe de chine gown, for example; also a trench coat turned out in blood-red PVC; and a handbag emblazoned with the warning “Beware of Moschino.”
From Los Angeles Times
There was Etta’s long blue crêpe de chine evening dress and some white pumps and a rhinestone tiara for her hair.
From Literature
Her first resort was a black crepe de chine dress which, according to the dressing table mirror, bestowed by means of clever cutting a certain severity of form.
From Literature
He added that the name comes from the fact that you can “draw a dead-straight line at any point along the bottom of the hull as it rises from the keel to the chine.”
From Washington Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
