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noun
An item of women's clothing, popular in the 1860s and 1870s, worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hamô Proto-West Germanic *hamō Proto-West Germanic *-iþi Proto-West Germanic *hamiþibor. Late Latin camisia Old French chemise French chemise Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French chemisettebor. English chemisette Borrowed from French chemisette.
