chemisette

Example Sentences

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In proof thereof she showed me a silver peso that the Virgin left tied up in one corner of her chemisette.

From The Mystery of The Barranca by Whitaker, Herman

She wore a simple, light-colored summer dress and a loose jacket which was open and revealed the full chemisette.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold

She wore a tea-gown of a sort, black and yellow, open over the soft lace of a chemisette, although a dog-collar of tiny golden sequins clasped her throat.

From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

He was stopped by the Swiss maid on duty—from the canton of Uri, that one—silver chains and white muslin chemisette.

From Tartarin On The Alps by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

The Dresden flowered overdress was of silk, looped above a quilted satin petticoat, and a black velvet bodice laced up over a fine white muslin chemisette.

From Two Little Women by Wells, Carolyn