fichu

Example Sentences

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By the end of the day, she persuaded me to buy her a yellow linen dress with a tie in the back and a fichu, a white triangle of cloth tucked into the neckline.

From New York Times

She wore a stiff brocade cut in an obsolete fashion, with a broad sash and full white fichu loosely knotted behind.

From Project Gutenberg

On working days they were dressed in cotton gowns, with a little woolen fichu tied behind and a silk handkerchief falling back on the neck from the uncovered head.

From Project Gutenberg

He had just taken his seat at one, at which two women in fichus were already seated dressed like fishwomen in their everyday clothes.

From Project Gutenberg

"No, of course, I would not go out in a jacket; but my best costume is very modest: a cotton gown, a little cap, a knitted fichu—that's my attire!"

From Project Gutenberg