Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fur tippet having long narrow ends, worn by women.
- noun A kind of peach.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A woman's fur tippet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated A woman's
fur tippet , fastened at the neck
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Examples
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And could it be explained otherwise than by cheerfully acknowledging the bounty of an overruling Providence that Nancy Wentworth should have had a new winter dress for the first time in five years -- a winter dress of dark brown cloth to match her beaver muff and victorine?
The Old Peabody Pew Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889
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This was enough; and the next morning Farfrae might have been discovered driving his gig out of Casterbridge in that direction, Elizabeth-Jane sitting beside him, wrapped in a thick flat fur -- the victorine of the period -- her complexion somewhat richer than formerly, and an incipient matronly dignity, which the serene Minerva-eyes of one "whose gestures beamed with mind" made becoming, settling on her face.
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A winnowing machine stood close beside her, and to relieve her suspense she gently moved the handle; whereupon a cloud of wheat husks flew out into her face, and covered her clothes and bonnet, and stuck into the fur of her victorine.
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As Elizabeth neither assented nor dissented Donald Farfrae began blowing her back hair, and her side hair, and her neck, and the crown of her bonnet, and the fur of her victorine, Elizabeth saying, "O, thank you," at every puff.
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As Elizabeth neither assented nor dissented Donald Farfrae began blowing her back hair, and her side hair, and her neck, and the crown of her bonnet, and the fur of her victorine, Elizabeth saying, "O, thank you," at every puff.
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 1884
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This was enough; and the next morning Farfrae might have been discovered driving his gig out of Casterbridge in that direction, Elizabeth-Jane sitting beside him, wrapped in a thick flat fur -- the victorine of the period -- her complexion somewhat richer than formerly, and an incipient matronly dignity, which the serene Minerva-eyes of one "whose gestures beamed with mind" made becoming, settling on her face.
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 1884
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A winnowing machine stood close beside her, and to relieve her suspense she gently moved the handle; whereupon a cloud of wheat husks flew out into her face, and covered her clothes and bonnet, and stuck into the fur of her victorine.
The Mayor of Casterbridge Thomas Hardy 1884
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At one time she had a victorine about her neck and a wreath about her hair, then again, ornaments and a jacket on, and her hair neatly dressed with ribbons.
Fasting Girls Their Physiology and Pathology William Alexander Hammond 1864
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At another time she had a silk shawl, a victorine around her neck, a small crucifix attached to a necklace, and little ribbons above the wrists.
Fasting Girls Their Physiology and Pathology William Alexander Hammond 1864
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the front - i started with ledger paper and stamped with ink using a paper doily as a stencil, then i overstamped with a brighter blue with a stitching pattern stamp. i added a vintage snap card and the embossed scissors, needle and thread and thimble stamps by victorine originals, then glued on some vintage buttons.
Archive 2008-11-01 amy 2008
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