appliqué
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Gallina, 75, was clad in a floor-length dark green striped appliqué jacket and clutching a paper ticket when she declared the Olympics to be a nuisance that has “nothing to do with Milan’s essence.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
The Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. sat with first lady Jill Biden, who had an embroidered appliqué of a sunflower, the country’s national flower, added to her blue dress.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2022
“From the 3-D appliqué to the peplum detailing and oversized crystals, the details on the dress embodied what I was looking for,” Ms. Beaudry Westin said.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2020
The last news-making jacket that she wore was a $51,000 floral appliqué number from Dolce & Gabbana.
From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2018
In working appliqué it is best, although not absolutely necessary, to have the design traced on the material to be used as a ground, which must then be framed as for ordinary embroidery.
From Handbook of Embroidery by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess
Vocabulary lists containing appliqué
Internment
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"The Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol
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English Words Derived from French, List 11
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