- a variation of frisette.
frizette
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She was a little, bustling figure, rather dusty and moth-eaten, with a black frizette, always a little to one side, and eager, gentle, blue eyes.
From Dr. Lavendar's People by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
Miss Lydia, her frightened eyes peering at her caller from under that black frizette, could hardly speak herself.
From An Old Chester Secret by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
As I remember her, she was tall and stately, prim and precise, and was attired generally in black silk and elaborate cap and frizette, a very Lady-Prioress sort of a person.
From The Home Life of Poe by Susan Archer Weiss
Miss Lydia shook her head in horrified protest, but she beamed at him from under her black frizette, grateful for his sympathy.
From Dr. Lavendar's People by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
Miss Lydia—her black frizette over one smiling eye, her hands encased in white cotton gloves, a new ribbon at the throat of her very old alpaca—called him "William," with the most commonplace friendliness.
From Dr. Lavendar's People by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
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