chemisette

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Noun

chemisette (plural chemisettes)

1. An item of women's clothing, popular in the 1860s and 1870s, worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment.
   • Kokoro by Natsume Soseki, 1914, English by Edwin McClellen, 1968

     Of the items I was asked to buy, the one that gave me most trouble was a chemisette.

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