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Maass traced her rounds, dressed in crisp blue-and-white stripes, white muslin cap with a black ribbon, thermometer pushed through a buttonhole.
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Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Dab a little Mod Podge on your pumpkin and glue down the edge of the cheesecloth, muslin or gauze.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Stuff bags to maintain their shape, keep clothing in garment bags, and use muslin bags and lavender sprays to keep out moths that eat natural fabrics like silk, wool and fur, said Liana Satenstein, host of eBay’s Endless Runway secondhand fashion show.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
The film aimed to bring muslin to life on screen not only as historical artifact but as tactile, living craft.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Dab a little Mod Podge on your pumpkin and glue down the edge of the cheesecloth, muslin or gauze.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Stuff bags to maintain their shape, keep clothing in garment bags, and use muslin bags and lavender sprays to keep out moths that eat natural fabrics like silk, wool and fur, said Liana Satenstein, host of eBay’s Endless Runway secondhand fashion show.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
The film aimed to bring muslin to life on screen not only as historical artifact but as tactile, living craft.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Muslin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muslin. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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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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