frizette
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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This attractive peculiarity was more apparent than ever to-day, the frizette having been caught by a bough in the woods.
From Bluebell A Novel by Huddleston, Mrs. George Croft
As I remember her, she was tall and stately, prim and precise, and was attired generally in black silk and elaborate cap and frizette, a very Lady-Prioress sort of a person.
From The Home Life of Poe by Weiss, Susan Archer
She got on her feet and stood looking down at little shabby Miss Lydia sitting on the step with her black frizette tumbling forward over one frightened blue eye.
From An Old Chester Secret by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
Miss Lydia—her black frizette over one smiling eye, her hands encased in white cotton gloves, a new ribbon at the throat of her very old alpaca—called him "William," with the most commonplace friendliness.
From Dr. Lavendar's People by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
Miss Lydia shook her head in horrified protest, but she beamed at him from under her black frizette, grateful for his sympathy.
From Dr. Lavendar's People by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
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