jupon
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Etymology
Origin of jupon
1350–1400; Middle English jopo ( u ) n < Middle French jupon, equivalent to Old French jupe a kind of jacket + -on noun suffix
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She had now divested herself of her bascinet and steel jupon, and the young squire saw before him a tall, stately lady of about thirty years of age.
From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
"They wear armor," said he, "but I discern no jupon."
From Beatrix of Clare by Underwood, Clarence F.
If I can only lay my hand on that number—— but I’ve lent it to so many people, and there was a capital paper pattern in it too, of the jupon à l’Impératrice, ready pricked.”
From Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls by Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty
To have hinted that the jupon, camisole, and curl-papers were odious objects, or indeed other than quite meritorious points, would have been a felony.
From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte
"It is a prisoner whom I have taken, and in sooth, as he came from the royal tent and wears the royal arms upon his jupon, I trust that he is the King of Spain."
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
There was also much talk about a skirt composed of a series of jupons which should correspond in number with the wearer's fortune, but in no way detract from her charms of person.
From Ticket No. "9672" by Kendall, Laura E.
"C'est le Roi Georges en jupons," echoed the surrounding ladies, as the little creature waddled with difficulty from one to the other.
From Queen Victoria by Strachey, Giles Lytton
The various elegant designs for handkerchiefs, jupons, shirts, &c. are worked in raised satin stitch.
From The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 by Unknown
It is indeed so late that instead of the jupons, striped and black and white, of which Georgette has made irreproachable but profitable use, she appears at the denouement in a crinoline!
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George
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