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tarlatan

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tar·la·tan also tar·le·tan  (tärl-tn, -l-tn)
n.
A thin, stiffly starched muslin in open plain weave.
[French tarlatane, alteration of earlier tarnatane.]


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"Never mind, you've got the tarlatan for the big party, and you always look like an angel in white," said Amy, brooding over the little store of finery in which her soul delighted.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
Before she left home, she thought her new white muslin dress, with its fresh blue ribbons, the most elegant and proper costume she could have; but now, when she saw Fanny's pink silk, with a white tarlatan tunic, and innumerable puffings, bows, and streamers, her own simple little toilet lost all its charms in her eyes, and looked very babyish and old-fashioned.
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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