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Synonyms for camisole

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kam-uh-sohl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæm əˌsoʊl

Top 10 synonyms for camisole
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Définition of camisole

Origin :
  • 1816, from French camisole (16c.), from Provençal camisola "mantle," diminutive of camisa "shirt," from Late Latin camisia "shirt, nightgown" (see chemise).
  • As in negligee : noun nightgown
  • As in chemise : noun undergarment
Example sentences :
  • Her sleeves were rolled up and her camisole was slipping down her shoulders.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • Then she slipped off her petticoat and camisole, and put on the muslin wrapper.
  • Extract from : « Poor Folk in Spain » by Jan Gordon
  • And as to the camisole and jupon, I am not quite sure about them either.
  • Extract from : « Shirley » by Charlotte Bront
  • A strait-jacket, indeed, is not a camisole, just as electrocution is not hanging.
  • Extract from : « A Mind That Found Itself » by Clifford Whittingham Beers
  • Then there was the camisole that concealed the corset and had to be "pinned" in with safety pins.
  • Extract from : « Mrs. Warren's Daughter » by Sir Harry Johnston
  • You'll sit next your young niece here, and see she don't go slipping any of the spoons off the table inside her camisole.
  • Extract from : « Miss Million's Maid » by Bertha Ruck
  • Grace uncarded a length of ribbon, and began to thread it through the lace of the garment known to the Hostel as a camisole.
  • Extract from : « The War-Workers » by E.M. Delafield
  • Mrs. Bindle, in petticoat and camisole, pushed Bindle aside and took her place in front of the mirror.
  • Extract from : « Adventures of Bindle » by Herbert George Jenkins
  • Her pretty foot has pressed this piece of rubber; it can be conveniently sewed to the camisole and worn next the heart.
  • Extract from : « Judy of York Hill » by Ethel Hume Patterson Bennett
  • Bright pink and blue ribbons in a camisole or chemise will always look a bit garish when viewed through a thin blouse.
  • Extract from : « Appropriate Clothes for the High School Girl » by Virginia M. Alexander
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