tarlatan

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Have a white tarlatan, then; every girl looks well in that You don't see, mamma," said Phoebe, softly, suppressing in the most admirable manner the delicate trouble of not being understood, "that a thing every girl looks well in, is just the sort of thing that no one looks very well in.

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  1. noun A thin, stiffly starched muslin in open plain weave.

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  • Vivid scarlet geraniums were to loop up Mrs Cowper's pale amber draperies, blush-roses to nestle in the airy folds of Honour's white tarlatan, and the bride claimed her mother's attention at once Dear Mamma, I want your opinion. —  The Path to Honour
  • Oh, what a naughty, troublesome boy you are; you have trodden upon that piece of white tarlatan, and it has all got out of shape. —  Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World
  • Have a white tarlatan, then; every girl looks well in that You don't see, mamma," said Phoebe, softly, suppressing in the most admirable manner the delicate trouble of not being understood, "that a thing every girl looks well in, is just the sort of thing that no one looks very well in. —  Phoebe, Junior
  • I hope they will always be expended on safety glasses for all lights in use on or about your stage Well, glazed calico and tarlatan are very effective, and so is cotton velvet or velveteen; but in every family there will probably be found a few articles of finery originally made of expensive materials, but which are now yielded to the juvenile property-box, and from experience I can assure you that these are valuable treasures. —  The Peace Egg and Other tales
  • Several strips of the coarsest pink tarlatan were draped across the little waxen brow and along the edges of the coffin. —  Russian Rambles
 

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  1. French tarlatane, alteration of earlier tarnatane.

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  1. Perhaps ult. from Italian dial. (Milanese) tarlantanna, linsey-woolsey. Cf. tartan.
 

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/ˈtɑrlətən/
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