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The touches of personal embroidery on little muslin handkerchiefs and the ‘ghost’ handbags were a clever touch.
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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
Maass traced her rounds, dressed in crisp blue-and-white stripes, white muslin cap with a black ribbon, thermometer pushed through a buttonhole.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
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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
Maass traced her rounds, dressed in crisp blue-and-white stripes, white muslin cap with a black ribbon, thermometer pushed through a buttonhole.
—Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Muslin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muslin. Accessed 31 Jan. 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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