organdy
noun
a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
organdies
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pluralof organdy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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WWD reported that the dress for the princess was made of “silk organdies with applications of ivory Chantilly lace” and had a four-meter train.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2013
In Gar-nnckel's show windows are strapless pink tulles by Dior, tobacco-colored satins by Path and organdies by Adrian.
From Time Magazine Archive
The pink organdy was there as well as the red silk,—so were blue organdies and white, as well as dainty slippers.
From Lydia of the Pines by Honoré Morrow
In ten minutes they were all in the parlour, sixteen in number, the men in full dress, the women in organdies or foulards showing little of arm and neck.
From The Californians by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The company threw themselves upon the food with a great scraping of chairs and a vast rustle of muslins, tarletans, and organdies; soon the clatter of dishes was a veritable uproar.
From The Octopus : A story of California by Frank Norris
