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GOWNS |
Women’s dresses |
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PASSEMENTERIE |
Beaded embroidery for women's dresses. |
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COBOURG |
A thin worsted fabric for women's dresses. |
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DELAINE |
A kind of fabric for women's dresses. |
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MANTUAMAKER |
One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a
dressmaker. |
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QUEEN |
A male homosexual, esp. one who is effeminate or dresses in
women's clothing. |
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PIPING |
A small cord covered with cloth, -- used as trimming for
women's dresses. |
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SURAH |
A soft twilled silk fabric much used for women's dresses; --
called also surah silk. |
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LUSTRE |
A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, --
used for women's dresses. |
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HERNANI |
A thin silk or woolen goods, for women's dresses, woven in
various styles and colors. |
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POPLIN |
A fabric of many varieties, usually made of silk and
worsted, -- used especially for women's dresses. |
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PANNIER |
A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand
their dresses; a kind of bustle. |
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RUCHE |
A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon,
or other material, -- used in place of collars or cuffs, and as a
trimming for women's dresses and bonnets. |
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WIGAN |
A kind of canvaslike cotton fabric, used to stiffen and
protect the lower part of trousers and of the skirts of women's
dresses, etc.; -- so ca... |