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toilette

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toi·lette  (twä-lt)
n.
1. The act or process of dressing or grooming oneself; toilet.
2. A person's dress or style of dress.
3. A gown or costume.
[French; see toilet.]
toilette [twɑːˈlɛt (French) twalɛt]
n
Usually literary or affected another word for toilet [2]
[from French; see toilet]
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Noun1.toilette - the act of dressing and preparing yourself; "he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast"
toilet
grooming, dressing - the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes
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The toilette table was a simple table standing on four legs; there was nothing about it by which it could possibly be changed into a temporary hiding-place.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context
When I reached the Wheel of Pleasure, I found Rosalind awaiting me in the coffee- room, looking fresh from a traveller's toilette, and with the welcome news that dinner was on the way.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
I pay this particular compliment to Queequeg, because he treated me with so much civility and consideration, while I was guilty of great rudeness; staring at him from the bed, and watching all his toilette motions; for the time my curiosity getting the better of my breeding.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
 
 
 
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