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34 fashion terms (clothing, hair styles, fabrics, etc.)
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cretonne
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synonyms: chintz ???
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Definition:originally a heavy white fabric often used for drapes, but now often refers to a sturdier chintz-like fabric
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What he considered necessary was to cover all the furniture with cretonne, to put up curtains, to weed the garden, to make a little bridge on the pond, and to plant flowers. But he forgot many other essential matters, the want of which greatly distressed Darya Alexandrovna later on.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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She dabbled in cretonnes and chintzes; she changed the colors of the sofa
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita
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