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In Search of Lost Time [volume 1] vocabulary
20 fashion terms (clothing, hair styles, fabrics, etc.)
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crepe de chine
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Definition:a fine silken fabric used for dresses and blouses
photo: By Livrustkammaren (The Royal Armoury) / Olav Nyhus / CC BY-SA, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28913024
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Neighbors brought out of their trunks pieces of material that had been packed away for decades in blankets of mothballs (I'm certain I was the only girl in California who went to school in watermarked moiré skirts and yellowed satin blouses, satin-back crepe dresses and crepe de Chine underwear).
Maya Angelou. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)
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Her face, above a spotted dress of dark blue crepe-de-chine, contained no facet or gleam of beauty, but there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smouldering.F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby.
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Miss Vada Goosby was so pleased, she came down to show Mama her postcard. It said, "I've picked out the nicest pattern for you and some lovely crêpe de Chine that is just your best color! I can't wait for you to see it!
Olive Ann Burns. Cold Sassy Tree, p.237 (1984)
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As she left the outer office that day, she appeared to be looking into the eyes of the secretaries, but she was focusing on their misapplied lipstick or two-piece paisley crepe de chine instead.
Alice Sebold. The Lovely Bones, p. 33 (2002)
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