jabot
Example Sentences
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A historically correct Gaston would have delighted in an opulently embroidered waistcoat and ruffled jabot, rather than a solid colored V-neck whose only adornment was its plunging décolletage.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2021
Some fell vertically like the traditional jabot, and others encircled her neck like a lace doily.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2020
Ginsburg looked fit in her black robe and distinctive white jabot, and, as usual, was an early and aggressive questioner.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2019
Then, menswear tuxedos, boyish silhouettes, glam rock boots and silk multicolored jabot collars evoked the excesses of Studio 54 in its 1970s heyday when Yves Saint Laurent was a guest.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 25, 2018
An' when her waist gets too soiled she can cover up the front of it with a jabot, an' if her face is pretty enough she can carry it off that way.
From Buttered Side Down: Stories by Edna Ferber
Vocabulary lists containing jabot
"The Diary of a Madman" by Nikolai Gogol
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