chemisette
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She wore pink slippers, a heavy sky-blue silk skirt with trousers to match, and a yellow velvet sacque open in front, displaying a lace chemisette and a handsome turquoise necklace.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 by Various
The Dresden flowered overdress was of silk, looped above a quilted satin petticoat, and a black velvet bodice laced up over a fine white muslin chemisette.
From Two Little Women by Carolyn Wells
The chemisette is of lace, to match that upon the skirt, and is fastened at the throat by a simple knot of pink ribbon.
From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 by Various
The full-grown bird is dressed in an exquisite perfection of barred bodice, spotted chemisette, and waved feathers edged with gray on the back.
From Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds by John Ruskin
A jupe of fine embroidered muslin is worn below this, and a chemisette of the same completes the corsage.
From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various
