tabaret
Americannoun
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a durable silk or acetate fabric having alternating stripes of satin and moiré, for drapery and upholstery.
noun
Etymology
Origin of tabaret
First recorded in 1850–55; perhaps akin to tabby 1
Example Sentences
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The apparatus for the Hooker Impossibilities tricks consists of a small metal and glass frame, snugly holding a pack of cards, standing on a tabaret.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jennings hurried from the room, and a moment later Marie had found the bottle behind some ornaments on the tabaret and came back with it.
From The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
And he would smile with stupefied infatuation, extending a right hand toward an Arabian tabaret, covered with bottles.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
Stopped by a thought, she indicated an ebony cigarette outfit that topped a tabaret near his chair.
From Lonesome Town by Ethel Dorrance
Afraid of the wonderful jiu-jitsu, I had picked up the first thing handy, which was a tabaret.
From The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
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