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reticule
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tags: [fashion]
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Definition:a lady's small handbag made of fabric and with a drawstring. Fashionable around the early 1800's.
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She took a pair of pear-shaped ruby earrings from her huge reticule
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: 01 (Book One)
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'Have the goodness to show Mr. Copperfield,' said Mr. Spenlow, what you have in your reticule, Miss Murdstone.'
Charles Dickens. David Copperfield (1850)
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The wafer itself was contained in a gold mesh reticule which was hung on a stainless steel band clamped to the shaft that might be called Salo’s neck.
Kurt Vonnegut. The Sirens of Titan (1959)
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