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Wollstonecraft wears her heart on her simple muslin sleeve.
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Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
The trompe l’oeil jeans were in fact made from silk muslin and printed with a faux denim effect.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Thin cotton or muslin blankets can be easily folded and slipped into a pillowcase to protect them from dust while allowing air to circulate.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Apr. 2026
Along the Coromandel Coast, fishermen wear lungis—cotton cloths folded and tied at the waist—that are made of handwoven muslin and dyed in checks of multiple colors.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
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Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
The trompe l’oeil jeans were in fact made from silk muslin and printed with a faux denim effect.
—Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 12 May 2026
Thin cotton or muslin blankets can be easily folded and slipped into a pillowcase to protect them from dust while allowing air to circulate.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Apr. 2026
Along the Coromandel Coast, fishermen wear lungis—cotton cloths folded and tied at the waist—that are made of handwoven muslin and dyed in checks of multiple colors.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Muslin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muslin. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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muslin
noun
mus·lin
ˈməz-lən 
: a cotton fabric of plain weave
Etymology
from French mousseline "muslin," derived from Arabic mawṣilī "of Mosul (a city in Iraq)"
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