marquisette
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of marquisette
1905–10; < French, diminutive of marquise. See marquise, -ette
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Curtains—Glass curtains to match living room, in either marquisette, cheese cloth, or scrim, made plain.
From Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 by Mrs W.B. Meloney
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 Katherine Stokes
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 Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
You may get out that new marquisette from Fallard's; and, I think"—she glanced out of the window—"my sunbonnet.
From The Belovéd Traitor by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
Curtains—Glass curtains of scrim, marquisette, or cheese-cloth, to correspond with those of living room and dining room.
From Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 by Mrs W.B. Meloney
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