How To Use Trousseau In A Sentence
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The only funerary trousseaux that remain intact are those of Hetepheres, mother of Cheops, which, it seems, were buried once again in the vicinity of the grand pyramid, and of Iahhetep I, whose sarcophagus was discovered by Mariette on the left bank of Thebes.
Exhibit of Egyptian Queens
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And they are busy planning as soon-to-be-married couples would be, having little tiffs over the usual stuff, bonding over the usual stuff, picking out trousseaux, like, again, any couple that is soon to be married -- lots of white, sexy, frilly lingerie pieces.
CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2003
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Among special studies of individual diseases were: on tabes dorsalis by Romberg, Duchenne, Armand Trousseau (1801-66),
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
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I was not at all embarrassed : " For my trousseau.
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Gifts to the groom and the bride's trousseau and wedding clothes are displayed.
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Besides, she's getting married soon, and I thought it would be nice if I could give her a wedding trousseau as a gift.
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Let other girls record their crushes and their dresses, their tresses and trousseaux.
Fall On Your Knees
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People from neighboring countries fly down on weekends to finalize their trousseaux.
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The decoration perhaps refers to the fact that such elegant pairs of knives are often referred to as wedding knives, and they were popular gifts for the bridal trousseau.
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She picked herself a fine trousseau and had it delivered to the ship which she had booked her passage on.
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The trousseau of a young bride would contain twenty or thirty of these dresses, seven of which are worn, one on top of the other, on the ‘night of henna’ immediately prior to the marriage ceremony.
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She pressed a hasty kiss on my burning lips, giving and prolonging it with the violent voluptuousness of fear, as the spurred boots of her sweetheart made the wooden steps of the stairs creak, and the intriguer was in fear of losing her Dutch linen trousseau and her godroon silver pot.
The Queen Pedauque
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This pair of appliquéd silk camiknickers is part of a trousseau for her second marriage in 1940.
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Bethan came in, her arms full of the freshly ironed pieces of Isabel's complicated trousseau.
THE WHITE DOVE
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It is the bridegroom who has to present a wedding trousseau to the bride.
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In traditional families, a new bride's parents visit her in her new home on the fortieth day after the marriage and give her a trousseau.
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This was also the period in which young women were apprenticed to seamstresses, to prepare their trousseau and be initiated into the skills of seduction.
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For once, my Victorian reading came to the rescue, and I realized that what I was beholding was none other than the remains of an old custom no longer in use, the echo of an era when the homes of the wealthy had mannequins made to measure for different members of the family, used for tailoring their dresses and trousseaux.
The Shadow of the Wind
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We have a trousseau collection that will truly delight you.
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But, Jacques, could you envy the trousseau of Dutch linen and the godroon plate that the gentleman is to present me with!
The Queen Pedauque
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The period between the betrothal and the wedding also allowed the bride to prepare her trousseau, while the groom could use the time to make preparations for the wedding.
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Tuition is coming due and Cat's dear mother just spent a fortune on her trousseau !
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
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It's very lucky that Mother had started putting together my trousseau when William proposed to me last October, otherwise we would have an impossible amount of work to do.
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Camilla was still carrying on a vast arrangement which she called the preparation of her trousseau, but which both Mrs French and Bella regarded as a spoliation of the domestic nest, for the proud purposes of one of the younger birds.
He Knew He Was Right
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By 1708, eighty French backwoodsmen lived in the Natchez villages, enjoying ample food supplies and local customs that enjoined premarital sex for profit on young women building their trousseaus.
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This was also the period in which young women were apprenticed to seamstresses, to prepare their trousseau and be initiated into the skills of seduction.
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No more so was this seen than with highly anticipated weddings of society women, whose trousseaux, bridesmaids, groom, and wedding gifts were newspaper fodder even for those invited!
The Wedding | Edwardian Promenade
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Few disputed that a bride's personal items, her trousseau, went with her.
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Also, since the target is the wedding season, designing for women makes better business sense ‘since women worry more about what they are going to wear’ and the traditional trousseau brings in plenty of revenue.
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In mid-fifteenth-century Florence, the husband typically spent about a third to two-thirds of the dowry on clothes for the new wife and furnishings - often well above the cost of the trousseau.
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The trousseau had accompanied my mother on her sea journey from Scotland, a hopeless chest filled with the sort of frippery that quickly disintegrates in Africa.
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To help support the family, Magnin opened a small store and began sewing and selling lace-trimmed baby clothes, lingerie, and bridal trousseaux, an art she had learned from her mother.
Mary Ann Cohen: Magnin.
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Ola was busy sewing and getting her trousseau together.
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The best of every bit that goes into making a wedding trousseau will be here at the exhibition, she assures.
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For years, Lowe worked in Florida creating gowns for the trousseaux of socialites.
Black Fashion Museum collection finds a fine home with Smithsonian
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The trousseau had accompanied my mother on her sea journey from Scotland, a hopeless chest filled with the sort of frippery that quickly disintegrates in Africa.
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If you do as I say, you'll be rewarded as if you really did create my trousseau.
TREASON KEEP
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This is not a trousseau collection or even bridal wear.
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The Senator virtually emptied his pockets to provide that, and a trousseau at which neither Andrew McClintock nor anyone else could sneer.
THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
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He seemed stunned that the Princess Adrina had even heard of him, let alone wanted him to design her trousseau.
TREASON KEEP
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We are in trouble just now, on account of a neglected hereditary _melanosis_, as Monsieur Trousseau might call it.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863
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Cascades of flowers suggested a bride ripe for defloration, a trousseau of fine undergarments accompanied her on her honeymoon and she returned a sexual being.
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Her book is full of fascinating detail on trousseaux and privies, fireplaces and forks, underwear and bathing, mealtimes and much else.
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There is long groan with clutching wrist. Sigh the flimflam . You have become a trousseau!
