muumuu

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I always think about the squats but it's just so much easier to buy the muumuu, and then stop off for pie.

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  • The black White Sox's uniform shirt fit like a muumuu. —  tell No one
  • Pendergast shot a glance across the room and noticed that the lady in the muumuu, who pretended to be chatting on a cell phone, was now spotting their table. —  The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
  • A single workman was slicing carpet for a corner section, and he did not seem surprised to see a muumuu-clad imp come sailing over the railing. —  ARTEMIS FOWL is a child prodigy from Ireland who has dedicated his brilliant mind to criminal activities
  • She pushed her muumuu-swathed girth from her chair and said, "Gabriela, the girl looks fine." —  Muller, Marcia - Elena Oliverez 02 - Legend of the Slain Soldiers UC HTML
  • Co-owner Kathie Mainzer floated through the teeming afternoon crowd in a bright blue muumuu and a Princess Ardala tiara. —  Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com
 

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  1. Hawaiian mu'umu'u, cut off, muumuu, from reduplication of muku, to cut off.
 

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