victorine
1 Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of victorine1
1840–50; probably after Queen Victoria; see -ine 2
Origin of Victorine2
First recorded in 1880–85, Victorine is from the French word Victorin
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"Mr. Gage, you are too absurd," Ulrica remarked as she unwound her feather victorine.
From A Poached Peerage by William Magnay
At another time she had a silk shawl, a victorine around her neck, a small crucifix attached to a necklace, and little ribbons above the wrists.
From Fasting Girls Their Physiology and Pathology by William Alexander Hammond
I did wrap up warm; put on a veil, and tied my mink-skin victorine, with three tails on each tab, close around my neck.
From Phemie Frost's Experiences by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
At one time she had a victorine about her neck and a wreath about her hair, then again, ornaments and a jacket on, and her hair neatly dressed with ribbons.
From Fasting Girls Their Physiology and Pathology by William Alexander Hammond
The palatine royale is a fur victorine of novel form, and it may fairly claim precedence as being the first article of winter costume prepared in anticipation of the approaching change of season.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 by Various
“COVAX was built on the status quo of market dynamics: Whoever pays the most is first in line,” says Victorine de Milliano, a policy adviser for the Doctors Without Borders Access Campaign.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 12, 2022
Farrenc laid the groundwork for a generation of female pianists to succeed as interpreters in Paris, a group that included her daughter Victorine.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
Two years earlier, he had painted his favorite model, Victorine Meurent, as a cross-dressing bullfighter wielding a sword and a pink cape.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2020
You also were shooting at the Victorine studios in Nice at the same time François Truffaut was making “Day for Night.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2020
Victorine was just coming out,—that is, my handmaid,—and I returned past her to leave my flowers at home.
From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Elizabeth Sheppard
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