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单词 suisse muslin
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Suisse muslinn.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: Swiss muslin n. at Swiss n. and adj. Compounds; modelled on a French lexical item.
Etymology: Alteration of Swiss muslin n. at Swiss n. and adj. Compounds after French mousseline suisse (1827 or earlier).
Obsolete.
A type of fine muslin, typically of a white or pastel colour, often having regularly-spaced raised dots of yarn embroidered into the fabric as a pattern; = Swiss muslin n. at Swiss n. and adj. Compounds.Recorded earliest as a modifier.
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1846 Morning Post 17 July 1/5 (advt.) Cheap Summer and seaside dresses... 1,000 Suisse muslin, barège, and balzorene dresses.
1866 Godey's Lady's Bk. July 36/2 Evening dresses were unheard of towards the close of the war; even brides..never aspired higher than Suisse muslin.
1909 Kingston (Jamaica) Gleaner 4 June 9/3 She..was dressed in white suisse muslin with gold and silver spangles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020).
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