mantua

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“Madam,” I pressed, “I have it on the best authority that among the finest mantua makers of London, the pannier is no longer the mode.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

The fabric of Taryn’s is gorgeous, the cut of her mantua and stomacher perfect.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Mrs. Lewin promised the white and silver mantua, and as many of the new clothes as a supernatural address, industry, and obligingness, could produce within the time.

From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

But women's clothes were made to order in the town by mantua makers, and in the country by travelling tailoresses and sempstresses, or by the deft-fingered wearers.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse

The days of her early "mantua making" were over.

From The Other Girls by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)