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batiste [bæˈtiːst] n
(Clothing & Fashion) a fine plain-weave cotton fabric: used esp for shirts and dresses [from French, from Old French toile de baptiste, probably after Baptiste of Cambrai, 13th-century French weaver, its reputed inventor] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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A short stout man of about thirty, in white breeches and high boots and a batiste shirt that he had evidently only just put on, standing in that room, and his valet was buttoning on to the back of his breeches a new pair of handsome silk-embroidered braces that, for some reason, attracted Rostov's attention. |
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