To our friend both sky and sea were familiar companions; but the fichu was a new friend. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
Je commence à penser que c'est définitivement fichu…. From Wordnik.com. [Prochain Bloggy Friday — Climb to the Stars] Reference
Quelle mauvaise idee de l'avoir acheté ce fichu bouquin. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
Berg, pointing to the fichu with a happy and kindly smile. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
Lexie's hand flew protectively to the pin fastening her. fichu. From Wordnik.com. [The Outrageous Dowager]
“And if Lady Livia feels a little exposed, then a fichu…?”. From Wordnik.com. [A Wicked Gentleman] Reference
I lent a little lace fichu to Augusta; tell her I shall so like to have it. From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's Angel] Reference
The countess's fichu drooped and Harold's silk waistcoat was speckled with wine. From Wordnik.com. [Once An Angel]
C'est vrai que celui de WordPress est vraiment mal fichu selon les mise en page. From Wordnik.com. [Quelques balises HTML pour blogueurs — Climb to the Stars] Reference
I hate that word, "dickey," but if I say "fichu," will anyone know what that means?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-05-01] Reference
She threw the door open and swept in, her skirts wide, a lace fichu around her neck. From Wordnik.com. [A Funeral In Blue]
He was in rags, and my diary might have recorded, Reçu un roi dans un très fichu état. From Wordnik.com. [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference
Later on, the fichu did the same function and could also be considered an early form of dickey. From Wordnik.com. [Today's Pattern Story and Sale - A Dress A Day] Reference
“What a pretty dress you have,” and with his finger he touched the gold fringe of her fichu. From Wordnik.com. [The Schoolmistress and other stories] Reference
The short, puffed sleeves, lace fichu and full, puffed skirt proclaimed it of a bygone generation. From Wordnik.com. [Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People'] Reference
Bref, content quand meme de l'avoir parce qu'il est quand meme limité a 5 000 exemplaires ce fichu "album"!!. From Wordnik.com. [pinku-tk Diary Entry] Reference
The bride, who was a beautiful girl, wore a delaine dress of light and dark blue with a large white lace fichu. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
He seemed rather breathless as he handed her her fichu, the precious brooch still firmly stuck in the material. From Wordnik.com. [The Outrageous Dowager]
A large blue handkerchief, such as the Invalides use, was folded into a fichu, and concealed her figure clumsily. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
Miss Ellen Terry is attired in black, with a white fichu at her breast to relieve the monotony of this sombre garb. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
She was dressed as though expecting someone, in a black silk dress, with a dainty lace fichu on her head, which was very becoming. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers Karamazov] Reference
At the other end of the table sat a kindly-faced middle-aged woman, in a grey dress and a lace fichu fastened with a large cameo brooch. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
As Katenka bent over the caterpillar she made that very movement, while at the same instant the breeze lifted the fichu on her white neck. From Wordnik.com. [Childhood] Reference
It quickly became very popular, in the early "fifties" every woman of either high or low degree possessing herself of at least a lace collar or fichu of Limerick lace. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
Sophie in her little cell rose early and turned her fichu. From Wordnik.com. [Terribly Intimate Portraits] Reference
Mrs. Childs, the beauty of the place, she left her lace fichu. From Wordnik.com. [Drusilla with a Million] Reference
Thereupon a hoarse voice growled confused words under the black fichu. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Volume 1] Reference
"Who are you?" she asked, after she had dusted the bark from her fichu. From Wordnik.com. [Terribly Intimate Portraits] Reference
And there's so much silk I should make a fichu to tie round in the back with two long ends. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Girl in Old Boston] Reference
Aunt Dora, and at length we have decided upon a lace fichu; for she is awfully fond of lace. From Wordnik.com. [A Young Girl's Diary] Reference
"Princess Yusupova wore one exactly like this," said Berg, pointing to the fichu with a happy and kindly smile. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
Underhill came too, but she wore black silk with her pretty fine lace fichu that she had been married in herself. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Girl in Old New York] Reference
It only wants the sleeves shortened and some lace put in, and the neck turned down to make it lower, and then a fichu put round. From Wordnik.com. [A harum-scarum schoolgirl] Reference
She was becomingly dressed in brown cloth, a lace fichu folded across her well-developed breast, a conical hat above her light brown hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series] Reference
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