Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A stiff, sheer, cotton fabric, used for trim, curtains, and light apparel.
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- noun A fine, transparent
fabric made fromcotton , and usually stiffened.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sheer stiff muslin
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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His first design for her was a nightgown, a "deshabille" of white and rose organdy trimmed with lace and biscuit colored ribbons when she was hospitalized with a bout of her recurring heart ailment.
Cherie Burns: What's a Fashion Muse? Cherie Burns 2011
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His first design for her was a nightgown, a "deshabille" of white and rose organdy trimmed with lace and biscuit colored ribbons when she was hospitalized with a bout of her recurring heart ailment.
Cherie Burns: What's a Fashion Muse? Cherie Burns 2011
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My three daughters, still too young to fully understand what was happening, were the excited flower girls in organdy dresses.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011
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His first design for her was a nightgown, a "deshabille" of white and rose organdy trimmed with lace and biscuit colored ribbons when she was hospitalized with a bout of her recurring heart ailment.
Cherie Burns: What's a Fashion Muse? Cherie Burns 2011
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Braun has a luxurious line of made-to-order silk bedding available in organdy silk, crepe de chine and silk charmeuse.
Better Beauty Sleep Aleksandra Crapanzano 2012
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The baby stretched a pink hand toward the white organdy rosette at his mother's black bodice.
Al Eisele: How I Became a New York Celebrity 75 Years Ago Al Eisele 2011
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The space starts out thick and heavy, wide and dark, growing thinner and transparent until enough space has uncoiled and the space, thin as spaghetti and light as organdy ribbon, turns to white smoke and is gone, absorbed into the blue of the sky.
A Cool Dry Place PART 1 Melissa Corliss DeLorenzo 2011
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He played on the iconic "marini è re" blue-and-white striped sailor's shirt by overlapping navy and ivory strips of organdy in a strapless floor-length gown.
In Haute Couture, '50s Glamour Meets the Cancan Christina Passariello 2011
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The baby stretched a pink hand toward the white organdy rosette at his mother's black bodice.
Al Eisele: How I Became a New York Celebrity 75 Years Ago Al Eisele 2011
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My three daughters, still too young to fully understand what was happening, were the excited flower girls in organdy dresses.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011
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