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muslin
/ˈmʌz.lɪn/
noun 5
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4ADJ.
fashionable
VERB + MUSLIN
figured, stockings
MUSLIN + NOUN
c, frocks
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
[…] my pupils leave off their thick shoes and tight old tartan pelisses, and wear silk stockings and muslin frocks, as fashionable baronets' daughters should.
A bleached or unbleached thin white cotton cloth, unprinted and undyed. [Nineteen varieties are thereafter listed.]
2
Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.
Other very different styles of fabric are now indifferently called muslins, and the term is used differently on the respective sides of the Atlantic.
3
Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.
4
Woven cotton or linen fabrics, especially when used for items other than garments.
5
A dressmaker's pattern made from inexpensive cloth for fitting.
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[…] my pupils leave off their thick shoes and tight old tartan pelisses, and wear silk stockings and muslin frocks, as fashionable baronets' daughters should.
Wiktionary02
A bleached or unbleached thin white cotton cloth, unprinted and undyed. [Nineteen varieties are thereafter listed.]
Wiktionary03
It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin c
Wiktionary04
Velvet and muslin are two very different types of fabric.
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