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chemise

[shuh-meez] / ʃəˈmiz /


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The bustles underpin the distinctive chemise à la reine that was popularized by fashion icon Marie Antoinette, with its cloud of white ruffles around a low neckline, sashed at the waist.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025

A 36-year-old Algiers native, with a prodigious beard and an ankle-length orange chemise covering his giant build, Omar was well acquainted with the discrepancy between his country’s size and its reputation.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2022

She appears wearing a simple tan chemise and a Miu Miu patterned fur hat, holding a purple and green purse.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2017

So my cardinal association with the team and its traditions is not the chemise, but the nausea.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 10, 2015

A slim woman dressed in the fashion of the time: long, loose chemise, narrow shoes with sharply pointed toes and high spiked heels.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin




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