tiffany

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Whoppers that are as tiffany as Anne Valérie Hash's Spring/Summer collection of 2009.

From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2012

The dictionary says "tiffany" means a thin muslin gauze.

From Time Magazine Archive

She looked hideous in her brown Venice waistcoat; frightful in her orange tiffany farthingale;—absolutely unbearable in her black velvet hood, wire ruff, and taffety gown.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

Another of Mme. de Pelevé's not very judicious presents was "a shepherdess hat of pale blue silver tiffany."

From The Fairchild Family by Rudland, Florence M.

Shade with tiffany, or close-meshed netting, in bright sunny weather; removing it early in the afternoon.

From In-Door Gardening for Every Week in the Year Showing the Most Successful Treatment for all Plants Cultivated in the Greenhouse, Conservatory, Stove, Pit, Orchid, and Forcing-house by Keane, William