organdy

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The pink organdy was there as well as the red silk,--so were blue organdies and white, as well as dainty slippers After a general "Hello," Lydia slipped downstairs to find her hostess.

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  • They're not paintings, but sheets of wrinkly, translucent organdy that Rankin has embroidered with images and words, mapping her stream of consciousness. —  Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories
  • It was easy to create a little wrap for the package, add a Spellbinder scalloped tag, and tie the bag closed with a bit of pink / green polka dot organdy. —  Taylored Expressions
  • From sunshine yellow, violet and vanilla, the show turned up the heat for a finale of hot fuschia organdy with a shiny cellophane finish. —  Sawf News - Fashions
  • From sunshine yellow, violet and vanilla, the show turned up the heat for a finale of hot fuchsia organdy with a shiny cellophane finish. —  Tonight
  • Our dresses weren't made of the ordinary feed-sack material, but Mom bought yards of organdy and dotted Swiss material, and lace and ribbons.
 

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  1. French organdi, perhaps after Old French Organzi (Urganch), a city of western Uzbekistan.
 

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/ˈɔrgəndi/
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