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The muslin is an excellent and easy-to-use coverall for moms.—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025 Hunt elaborates on the political significance of choices such as wearing muslin or sporting a Titus haircut (the first short hairstyle for men and women in France) to show how Capet’s art reflected and shaped rapid social shifts.—Marjoleine Kars, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025 One of her graduate students, Katherine Shark, made a replica of the Molyneux gown out of muslin which is part of the exhibit as well.—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025 Muslin burp cloths: on sale for $6.77 Original price: $11.77
These super soft, absorbent, and quick-drying muslin burp cloths are made from 100% cotton.—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for muslin
Word History
Etymology
French mousseline, from Italian mussolina, from Arabic mawṣilī of Mosul, from al-Mawṣil Mosul, Iraq
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