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• The muslin was of a pretty figure.From the entry figure
• A local chemist remembers: My grandmother made home-made sanitary towels from a type of muslin.1992, Maureen Sutton, We Didn't Know Aught, page 17. From the entry bunny
• Here is the custard apple in its green dress, with its delicate soft muslin pants.1987, Ann Venture Young, editor, The Image of Black Women in Twentieth-Century South American Poetry: A Bilingual Anthology, Three…. From the entry fruital
• And she found that she was not wearing a despised muslin frock!1913, Eleanor Gates, The Poor Little Rich Girl. From the entry gingham
• Cut the pandanus leaves to fit into the steamer, then place them over the tea towel or muslin cloth.2012, Rohani Jelani, Homestyle Malay Cooking, Periplus Editions, →ISBN. From the entry pandanus
• Poking round the attic, Jane discovered a packet of Guy's love letters incubed in the same trunk as the muslin gown.2003, Maud Ellmann, Elizabeth Bowen: The Shadow Across the Page, page 181. From the entry incube
• A strip of muslin swaddles his privates, fixed by means of pine stickum to his belly and buttocks.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 16. From the entry stickum
• Everyone was dressed up to the nines, high-heeled shoes, muslin frocks with blue sashes, large leghorn hats with drooping roses.1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 5, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN. From the entry garden
• Then muslin was waxed down onto the surface, to bind it, and the panel was lifted in one piece.1969, Leonard Woolley, edited by Shirley Glubok, Discovering the Royal Tombs at Ur, page 60. From the entry wax down
• “Oh, no!” said Bobbie, greatly shocked; “you don’t rub muslin.1906, E. Nesbit, chapter 7, in The Railway Children. From the entry lathery
• "It's not silk, it's muslin." "Whatever."1991 January, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, page 66. From the entry whatever
• Some wear black shifts and flesh-coloured stockings; some with curly hair, dyed yellow, are dressed like little girls in short muslin frocks.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 47”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC. From the entry shift
• I believed the idea of substituting a muslin front was the silliest thing I had ever heard, the first time it was suggested.1913, John Jr Jeannin, “Poultryhouse construction and appliances”, in Twentieth Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture, for the…. From the entry poultryhouse
• But I tried the muslin curtains and to-day I believe that they offer the only solution of the problem of poultryhouse ventilation.1913, John Jr Jeannin, “Poultryhouse construction and appliances”, in Twentieth Annual Report of the Department of Agriculture, for the…. From the entry poultryhouse
• The charms of a blue-eyed chestnut-haired maiden in a turquoise muslin, with a brown boa, and a brown chip hat afroth with brown feathers, could not be gainsaid.1908 August 20, “Women in Print”, in Evening Post, page 9. From the entry afroth
• But the usual dimensions of a piece of muslin were 40 x 2 covids, the lower and the upper bounds being 36 x 1 and 48 x 3 covids, respectively.2014, Om Prakash, The Dutch East India Company and the Economy of Bengal, 1630-1720. From the entry covid
• And the thin muslin that made up his angarkha came all the way from Dacca in Bengal, which was the most famous centre of muslin weaving in the eighteenth-century world.2012, Frank Trentmann (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of Consumption, page 148. From the entry angarkha

Meaning of muslin

1. noun Any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.
2. noun Fabric made of cotton, flax (linen), hemp, or silk, finely or coarsely woven.
3. noun Any of a wide variety of tightly-woven thin fabrics, especially those used for bedlinen.

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Questions about muslin in a sentence

How do you use muslin in a sentence?

Muslin is used as a noun. For example: “Fitting this pattern is tricky, so we recommend you make a muslin first.”

What is a short sentence with muslin?

“"It's not silk, it's muslin." "Whatever."”

What does muslin mean?

Muslin means any of several varieties of thin cotton cloth.