chemisette
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The chemisette is of lace, to match that upon the skirt, and is fastened at the throat by a simple knot of pink ribbon.
From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 by Various
Below, and two or three inches from the edge of the chemisette, is attached a variously coloured petticoat of very bright hues.
From Adventures in the Philippine Islands by Paul P. de La Gironière
The dress of this new-comer—a flaming red “nagua,” broidered chemisette, and reboso—showed that she belonged to the poorer class of citizens.
From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by L. Evans
She wore a tea-gown of a sort, black and yellow, open over the soft lace of a chemisette, although a dog-collar of tiny golden sequins clasped her throat.
From Ancestors A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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
