First recorded in 1805–15; after Barèges, town in southern France (Hautes-Pyrénées)
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He wore a small pink turban sparkling with diamonds, a pair of pink barege trousers, and a white gauze coat.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
Old silk handkerchiefs, are best for highly polished furniture, or an old barege veil answers a good purpose.
From Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers by Lea, Elizabeth E. (Elizabeth Ellicott)
She did her hair according to the directions of the hairdresser, and put on the barege dress spread out upon the bed.
From Madame Bovary by Aveling, Eleanor Marx
The gingham will last longer than the barege, and will be good for more uses after it is outworn as a dress.
From A New Atmosphere by Hamilton, Gail
Emma Jane Perkins, it is an ordinary Thursday afternoon at four o'clock and you have on your new blue barege, although there is not even a church sociable in prospect this evening.
From New Chronicles of Rebecca by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
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