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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.

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

"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 three could be supplied—they would fit Esm� easily—for one hundred and twenty pounds for cash, with jupons to match thrown in.

From The Oyster by Peer

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