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Word: peignoir (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Deauville a slender woman appeared on the beach in a bathing-suit of green-stitched ostrich plumes, tossed from her shoulders a corresponding peignoir, plunged into the surge. In a moment she emerged, her costume as bold as ever. The feathers, put together with a new waterproofing process, shed water like a duck's back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Fashions | 7/26/1926 | See Source »

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