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Synonyms for fichu

Grammar : Noun
Spell : fish-oo; French fee-shy
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪʃ u; French fiˈʃü

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Définition of fichu

Origin :
  • 1803, from French fichu (18c. in this sense), apparently a noun use of the adj. fichu "carelessly thrown on," from Latin figere "to fasten" (see fix). "[M]od. substitution for a coarser word" [Weekley].
  • As in cape : noun sleeveless coat
  • As in shawl : noun cloak
  • As in collar : noun neck attire
Example sentences :
  • The green chiffon crossed the shoulders in fichu effect, and the elbow-length sleeves were edged with bands of green.
  • Extract from : « What Will People Say? » by Rupert Hughes
  • Pamela's contained a rather short-waisted frock of lilac silk, with a fichu of chiffon tied softly round the shoulders.
  • Extract from : « The Quiver 12/1899 » by Anonymous
  • It only wants the sleeves shortened and some lace put in, and the neck turned down to make it lower, and then a fichu put round.
  • Extract from : « A harum-scarum schoolgirl » by Angela Brazil
  • The women wore a calico skirt, a white shirt with a bracelet at the elbow to hold the sleeves and a fichu on the head.
  • Extract from : « The History of Cuba, vol. 2 » by Willis Fletcher Johnson
  • She furthermore wore a fichu of a style which had been entirely extinct for fifty years at least.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs of an American Prima Donna » by Clara Louise Kellogg
  • There were ruffles of point lace in the full sleeves, and she held up the point-lace cap and fichu that completed the costume.
  • Extract from : « The Land of Long Ago » by Eliza Calvert Hall
  • She paused to shake out the lustrous silk and spread the fichu over it that I might see the delicate pattern of the lace.
  • Extract from : « The Land of Long Ago » by Eliza Calvert Hall
  • The fichu was one her mother had thrown away long ago, and Esther had rescued.
  • Extract from : « The Carroll Girls » by Mabel Quiller-Couch
  • "Doubtless," replied Madame, arranging a napkin carefully over her fichu, and dealing rigorously with some mayonnaise sauce.
  • Extract from : « The Prophet of Berkeley Square » by Robert Hichens
  • And you look deliciously pretty in that dress, though she did make a fiasco of the back; let the fichu come well down over it.
  • Extract from : « The Dull Miss Archinard » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
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