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Some properties, like the three-bedroom Macaroni Beach House, channel a breezy, beach aesthetic (think teak four-poster beds with white muslin curtains).—Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026 The touches of personal embroidery on little muslin handkerchiefs and the ‘ghost’ handbags were a clever touch.—Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2026 Trim the courgettes and peel the onion, then, using the coarse side of a box grater, grate them on to a clean tea towel or muslin.—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 10 Jan. 2026 Fill two reusable tea bags or small muslin sachet bags with baking soda and add one to each boot.—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 7 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for muslin
Word History
Etymology
French mousseline, from Italian mussolina, from Arabic mawṣilī of Mosul, from al-Mawṣil Mosul, Iraq