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chemisette

noun as in chemise

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Beneath it a white under-dress, having a chemisette front down to the belt, and long white sleeves down to the wrist.

It is open at the upper part, showing a chemisette of lace.

Chemisette′, a kind of bodice worn by women, the lace or muslin which fills up the open front of a woman's dress.

A transparent blond chemisette, rather calculated to adorn than conceal that part of the person to which it belonged, was now completely hidden by a lavender-coloured silk handkerchief, tightly, smoothly, and with careful security pinned behind, and before, and above, and below, upon her full but graceful bust.

In the opening of the body and that formed by turning up the sleeves, a chemisette plaited very small, and edged with lace, is visible.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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