marquisette
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of marquisette
1905–10; < French, diminutive of marquise. See marquise, -ette
Example Sentences
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Billie had tied around the smooth rolls of her light brown hair a blue velvet band to match the embroidery on her marquisette dress.
From The Motor Maids Across the Continent by Stokes, Katherine
Miss Campbell in a beautiful blue marquisette stood just inside the window with a mysterious little smile on her face.
From The Motor Maids by Rose, Shamrock and Thistle by Stokes, Katherine
She wore her new gown of American Beauty satin, softly 68 draped with a thin black marquisette, and a soft sash of black satin.
From Patty's Social Season by Wells, Carolyn
Looking over her dinner gowns, she decided upon her second best, a white marquisette with a garniture of pearl beads and knots of pale blue velvet.
From Patty's Social Season by Wells, Carolyn
It was a pale blue marquisette embroidered in tiny daisies, and Grace declared it to be far prettier than her graduating gown of white organdie trimmed with fine lace.
From Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
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