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Definition of Peplums
1. peplum [n] - See also: peplum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peplums
Literary usage of Peplums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"... the surprise really is that the descendants of Charles and all English folk
are not now wearing shawls or peplums or anything save a coat and waistcoat. ..."
2. Art in Egypt by Gaston Maspero (1912)
"... they were dressed in their modern costume, tunics, peplums, mantles made by
some fashionable modiste, whose inventions were probably some months behind ..."
3. The Lace Book by N. Hudson Moore (1905)
"The luxury.loving Greeks and Romans ornamented their togas and peplums with
graceful patterns wrought in contrasting colours or in gold. ..."
4. Recollections of a Scottish Novelist by Lucy Bethia Walford (1910)
"... including ball- dresses, we did indeed use our pretty tartan with extremely
good effect ; but bodices and " peplums" of it in velvet, over white silk ..."
5. Robespierre and the Red Terror by Jan ten Brink (1899)
"... an'd for this reason Brutus, Andromache, and Minerva, appeared with tricoloured
ribbons on their togas and peplums. This was especially objectionable to ..."
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