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

To this chemisette are added immensely wide short sleeves.

From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John

Opposite to him sat a secretary whose fluffy hair, neat white chemisette, and tender years gave her an appearance of helpless fragility in front of the powerful and ruthless celebrity.

From The Regent by Bennett, Arnold

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 Ruskin, John

She wore a simple, light-colored summer dress and a loose jacket which was open and revealed the full chemisette.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold