CHEMISETTE

Etymology

Noun

chemisette (plural chemisettes)

An item of women's clothing, popular in the 1860s and 1870s, worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment.

Source: Wiktionary


Chem`i*sette", n.Etym: [F., dim. of chemise.]

Definition: An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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DESIRABLE

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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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