The trousseaux of her ladies-in-waiting are not yet ready. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
For years, Lowe worked in Florida creating gowns for the trousseaux of socialites. From Wordnik.com. [Black Fashion Museum collection finds a fine home with Smithsonian] Reference
'' It will have to be by special license, then, and not by banns and betrothal parties and the gathering of trousseaux and St. George's and all that. From Wordnik.com. [Snow Angels]
No more so was this seen than with highly anticipated weddings of society women, whose trousseaux, bridesmaids, groom, and wedding gifts were newspaper fodder even for those invited!. From Wordnik.com. [The Wedding | Edwardian Promenade] Reference
To help support the family, Magnin opened a small store and began sewing and selling lace-trimmed baby clothes, lingerie, and bridal trousseaux, an art she had learned from her mother. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Ann Cohen: Magnin.] Reference
Many girls worked to buy trousseaux, others to help their families. From Wordnik.com. [From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill: A Study of the Industrial Transition in North Carolina] Reference
Why didn't brides consult their bridegrooms before they bought their trousseaux?. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomplete Amorist] Reference
We'll have to get married one at a time -- or, at least, get our trousseaux one at a time. From Wordnik.com. [Emma McChesney and Co.] Reference
And mamma, usually quite strict in her accounts, thought of trousseaux, and only smiled at these extravagances. From Wordnik.com. [V. V.'s Eyes] Reference
They wanted to make money to buy trousseaux or to help their families, but they did not intend to become factory workers. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South] Reference
I'll have four trousseaux a year from Paris, and I'll go to New York myself and buy the most magnificent diamonds Tiffany's got. From Wordnik.com. [The Californians] Reference
She may busy herself about trousseaux or wedding-dresses or marriage-presents, with perfect satisfaction to herself and to the envy of her female friends. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868)] Reference
However, she made herself extremely useful, especially in the matter of the trousseaux, not only by her advice and good taste, but by the magnificence of her contributions. From Wordnik.com. [The Semi-Detached House] Reference
I do not pretend to understand these humble romances, with their foundations of cows and linen, which are after all no more sordid than bank stock and trousseaux from Paris. From Wordnik.com. [Penelope's Irish Experiences] Reference
Bridal trousseaux, jewels, letters, relics of those loved and gone; here the stately paraphernalia of a family assumed to be rich and prosperous, who in truth are in flight, hurrying away with their goods. From Wordnik.com. [A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg] Reference
In others, love, or what with them goes by the name, is equally inseparable from management and match-making, trousseaux and settlements, -- concerns pertaining to earth, and very earthy, it must be admitted. From Wordnik.com. [From Jest to Earnest] Reference
And while bespoke trousseaux have always been associated with brides, today we are seeing more and more men setting their sights on made-to-measure suits from the finest European brands for their special day. From Wordnik.com. [The Business of Fashion] Reference
We saw the skilled embroiderers embroidering, and the unskilled making sandbags for the trenches; we saw the schools; and the big girls at work upon trousseaux for their future, or happily cooking in the kitchens. From Wordnik.com. [Everyman's Land] Reference
/trousseaux/; for she wished at any rate to earn her own pocket-money, she often said with a laugh. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 2] Reference
You know better how I prefer to delude myself: "Young girls lie bedded soft or glide in their dreams, with rings and trousseaux, bridesmaided by glow-worms down the aisles of the organplaying wood. From Wordnik.com. [lazarus Diary Entry] Reference
"Of course not; the wedding-garments weren't wanted, were they? and all the trousseaux vanity and vexation of spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel] Reference
Royal trousseaux are in hand. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
The house made a speciality of trousseaux. From Wordnik.com. [The Guests Of Hercules] Reference
I adore trousseaux. From Wordnik.com. [The Window-Gazer] Reference
Royal trousseaux, 81. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
Well, and what are ye buying -- trousseaux? ". From Wordnik.com. [Martie, the Unconquered] Reference
We ought to be talking about trousseaux ---- ". From Wordnik.com. [Mary Gray] Reference
Vaud, La Rochefoucauld, Perrault, faux pas, bureau, trousseaux, yeoman, Seoul, sew, haute couture, haut monde, table d'hote, go, boat, boatswain, Gounod, doe, cologne. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 1] Reference
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