cerise

• He gave the dresses, not only the bridesmaids' white and cerise (Freda's choice), but the chocolate moire which for a minute Mrs. Morton fancied 'the little spiteful cat' had chosen on purpose to suppress her, till assured by all qualified beholders, especially Mrs. Rollstone and a dressmaker friend, that in nothing else would she have looked so entirely quite the lady And Lady Kenton's augury was fulfilled. —  That Stick
• Flinging the bulging box down at her feet, where it gaped widely, gushing forth in pink, blue, cerise, and silver, she shut the door and flew back to her charge Down the hall hurried the emergency doctor, formidable in his white-linen uniform. —  The Witness
• Work over 16 rings with cerise, and these you can join one to each of the former rounds in working the second half of the crochet, as it will save the sewing. —  Beeton's Book of Needlework
• A LONG PURSE IN HONEYCOMB PATTERN Materials--Three skeins of coarse purse silk, either a rich green, dark blue, or cerise, according to fancy; mesh No. —  The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850
• CARD-PURSE Materials--One skein of cerise, one of blue fine crochet-silk, one skein of gold twist; one hank of gold beads No. —  The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850

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