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Definition of Georgettes
1. georgette [n] - See also: georgette
Lexicographical Neighbors of Georgettes
Literary usage of Georgettes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Irish brigades in the service of France, from the revolution by John Cornelius O'Callaghan (1870)
"March 29th, an advanced detachment of georgettes, consisting of a Captain of
Argyleshire Militia with 70 foot, and a Cornet with 30 of Kingston's Light ..."
2. "We Need the Business," by Joseph E. Austrian (1919)
"georgettes, and similar securities at $3.50 and up, where he has at least a ...
He has a deal on with the Gouger Syndicate for our $3.50 georgettes we want ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1922)
"... except that it's like a plane, even, fine-textured cloth at the hole; really
a film, but I can imagine a cloth like that; one of those soft georgettes. ..."
4. Vocations for Girls by Mary Augusta Laselle, Katherine Ellis Wiley (1913)
"Them georgettes is simply grand; breezes blowin' through you all the time.
"Sure, de girls falls fer me when I wears 'em. They're fine at a dance when ye ..."
5. One-line Specimens: Linotype Faces by Mergenthaler Linotype Company (1920)
"Materials are all high grade— georgettes, Crepe de Chines and Taffetas. All big
val- d* 1 A.9B ues in the lot, at. ..."
6. Historic Studies in Vaud, Berne, and Savoy: From Roman Times to Voltaire by John Meredith Read (1897)
"... leads to the Bishop's tower at Ouchy, and delicious spots along the undulating
hillsides below Lausanne, from the fountain of georgettes to the pond of ..."
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