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The process continues with making a draft version of the design with muslin, that design being fit on a live model, and edits being made as needed.—Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025 The first muslins, about 60, reproduce the most significant of Mr. Dior’s sketches.—Wwd Staff, WWD, 10 Jan. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for muslin
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Etymology
French mousseline, from Italian mussolina, from Arabic mawṣilī of Mosul, from al-Mawṣil Mosul, Iraq
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