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  Swiss muslin

  noun

  a crisp, sheer muslin that is constructed in plain weave, bleached white or dyed, and often ornamented with raised dots or figures dotted swiss, used chiefly in the manufacture of curtains and women's summer clothes.
• swiss muslin
  swiss muslin

  noun

  a fine muslin dress fabric, usually having a raised or woven pattern of dolls or figures

Swiss muslin

American  

noun

1. a crisp, sheer muslin that is constructed in plain weave, bleached white or dyed, and often ornamented with raised dots or figures dotted swiss, used chiefly in the manufacture of curtains and women's summer clothes.

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swiss muslin British  

noun

1. a fine muslin dress fabric, usually having a raised or woven pattern of dolls or figures

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Etymology

Origin of Swiss muslin

First recorded in 1880–85

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These caps, when made of Swiss muslin and trimmed with a frill border edged with Valenciennes lace, are most becoming.

From Household Organization by Florence Caddy

The Swiss muslin costs about twelve cents a yard, the cheese cloth about five.

From A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne

The child wore a Swiss muslin over a red flannel skirt, and her lower limbs were encased in black stockings and blue shoes.

From Elsie's Girlhood A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands" by Martha Finley

She put on her simple Swiss muslin dress, without a wish for anything more costly, and entered the carriage her friends had sent to convey her to the house.

From Beulah by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

"That's one of the prettiest pieces of Swiss muslin I ever saw," said she.

From The Twenty-Fourth of June by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond

I hab pretty dress make outer white swiss muslin wha' I marry in en aw dem peoples wuz dress up dat evenin'.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration

Where a quantity of tea is to be used, as at receptions, it is well to put the tea into a swiss muslin bag, using enough to make a very strong infusion.

From The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald

She wore a small sleeveless jacket, a broad blue sash, and around her neck was a tie made of swiss muslin and valenciennes lace.

From Sixty years with Plymouth Church by Stephen Morrell Griswold

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