French-cut
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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But whereas most companies shift their inventory in accordance with trends — maybe you’ve noticed all the French-cut bikini bottoms? — many fuller-bust companies offer variations on the same styles year after year.
From New York Times • Aug. 5, 2021
I’ve seen these contraptions in action, and it reminded me of a grocery store stock boy putting adhesive price labels on cans of French-cut green beans.
From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2021
Her bold eyes, her lithe figure, in its French-cut gown, the very grace and chic that have made Kate Dundas the belle of the county jar upon Honor.
From Only an Irish Girl by Duchess
He looked still the same, but his French-cut tweeds, his continental hat, and small round glasses were alien here.
From Profiles from China by Tietjens, Eunice
An experienced eye can tell a French-cut bodice at once, the front side pieces being always on the cross.
From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham
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