camisole

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I was sitting on the bed dressed in a leopard print D&G camisole, a black bra underneath and black hold ups and high heels when I heard him walk through the door.

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  1. noun A woman's sleeveless undergarment, now usually worn under a sheer blouse.
  2. noun A short negligee.

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  • A camisole, or, as I prefer to stigmatize it, a straitjacket, is really a tight-fitting coat of heavy canvas, reaching from neck to waist, constructed, however, on no ordinary pattern. —  A Mind That Found Itself
  • Then a third, which was open and at which a stout woman in a camisole was doing her hair. —  Maigret's War Of Nerves—05—Georges Simenon
  • She peeled off her stretch camisole, flinging it aside. —  Unfinished Business by Amy Fetze
  • You should be in a dress and camisole, young lady! —  To Kill A Mockingbird
  • The equipment that had earned Marnie the deserved sobriquet “Body Bountiful” was on full display under a pink silk camisole, and I made a mess of averting my gape, drawing a tinkling giggle of appreciation from her. —  AHMM,July-August2007
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  1. French (from Italian camiciola, diminutive of camicia, shirt) or from Old Provençal camisolla, diminutive of camisa, shirt, both from Late Latin camisia, camīsa; see chemise.

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  1. French, from Italian camiciuola, diminutive of camicia = French chemise: see chemise.
 

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/ˈkæmɪsoʊl/
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