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Webster 1913 Edition
Organdy
{
, Or′gan-die
,Or′gan-dy
}Noun.
[F.
organdi
.] A kind of transparent light but stiff muslin.
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organdy
organdy
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Noun
organdy (plural organdies)
- A fine, transparent fabric made from cotton, and usually stiffened.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 445:
- Beside them stood a puzzled female dwarf with a hideously rouged face as if ready for the circus; she was clad in white organdie with a marriage veil.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 445: