chemisette
Example Sentences
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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 Arnold Bennett
She wore a robe of emerald Genoa velvet, with an open bodice, laced over a chemisette of fine-wrought Mechlin lace.
From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Effie Afton
She has a pearl necklace and earrings, with a high plaited chemisette up to the necklace; and four rows of pearls, with a yellow bow, round the sleeve.
From Notes and Queries, Number 56, November 23, 1850 by Various
Theirs the traditional costume of the Thuringian female peasant—a dark skirt, and white, short-sleeved chemisette, a blue apron and the daintiest of white silk kerchiefs, fringed sparsely and brocaded abundantly with red roses.
From A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes by Lady Harriet Julia Campbell Jephson
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 Berthold Auerbach
